William S. Bradford letter to Lucy Bradford, 1862-04-10

Description:	This letter was written by William S. Bradford to his wife Lucy Adsit Bradford while he was in Savannah, Tennessee, with the 57th Indiana Infantry Regiment in 1862. It concerns his regiments participation in the Battle of Shiloh including descriptions of his brigades movements, fighting during the battle, the aftermath, and his thoughts on his behavior and the cowardice of other soldiers.
Origin:	1862-04-10
Created By:	Bradford, William S.
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll31/id/785
Collection:	Indiana State Library Manuscripts Small Collections
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright- United States
Geography:	Savannah, Tennessee, United States
Subjects:	Battles Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Correspondence Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 Military life Savannah (Tenn.) Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 Soldiers United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 57th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1865) War War casualties

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