Letter from William McDowell in Huntsville, Alabama, to his daughter, Mary Eliza Mastin in Marion, Alabama.
In the letter McDowell describes a recent skirmish in town between the Confederate and Union troops, and he refers to a battle at Chattanooga, which the Confederates are rumored to have won ("this may, or, may not be true"). He sends news of family and expresses his desire to "meet ag...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3849 |