Letters, 1833-1887.

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Letters, 1833-1887.

Personal letters from Woods to his sister, "Sade." Most of the letters were written during the Civil War period and concern censorship in army camps; the battle of Port Republic, 1862; General Lew Wallace, 1862; the battle of Nashville, 1862; a battle near Chattanooga, 1863; and the attitude of Southern women toward "Yankees," 1863.

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