John Nilson Letter from LaGrange, Tennessee

Description: Nilson has heard that McClellan has taken Richmond and 30,000 Rebels were killed. He notes that the Union Armys presence in Tennessee is disagreeable to local people and he was shot at while picking blackberries.
2011.0088
Origin: 1862-07
Created By: Nilson, John
Publisher: Digital Image 2011 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc008/id/761
Collection: Civil War Materials
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Geography: Tennessee, LaGrange
Subjects: Nilson family--Correspondence
United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 25th (1861-1865)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

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