James L. Bryant Civil War letter, 1864.

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James L. Bryant Civil War letter, 1864.

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This collection contains one letter dated June 8, 1864. It was written from James L. Bryant to his parents from his position outside Marietta, Georgia. He writes that the Federal Army does not yet have control of Marietta, but they expect to take the city before they continue marching towards Atlanta, Georgia. He describes talking with Confederate soldiers at the picket lines and explains their strange way of speaking by quoting their conversations briefly. He writes that the land in Georgia is good because it provides fruit to supplement his rations, but that the terrain is dangerous because the woods provide cover for the Confederate soldiers. In this letter he conveys news of fellow Company C soldiers Henry Entwistle and John N. Grover to their families also living in Framingham County, Massachusetts.

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Entwhistle, Henry.

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Bryant, James L., 1841-?

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James L. Bryant (1841-?) was one of seven children born to Benjamin and Francis Bryant in New Hampshire. In 1860, he lived in Middlesex in Framingham County, Massachusetts. James enlisted as a Union soldier in Company C, 33rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This regiment participated in the siege and occupation of Atlanta and General Sherman's March to the Sea. James survived the war and married Eliza A. Bryant in 1867. Additional biographical information about James L. Bryant ...

Grover, John, active 1746

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