Harry Lewis letters, 1861-1864 [manuscript].

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Harry Lewis letters, 1861-1864 [manuscript].

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Letters to Mrs. John S. Lewis, Woodville, Miss., from her sons, John, Harry, and Fletcher, with the 16th Mississippi Infantry in northern Virginia. Many of these are vivid, detailed, literate letters from Harry Lewis discussing camp life, abilities of officers including Gen. Carnot Posey, the usefulness of a slave he brought with him, his reasons for fighting, his efforts to live a Christian life in camp, the Chancellorsville Campaign, the battle of Fredericksburg, preparations for the Gettysburg Campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.

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