Civil War letters of William Herrod Locke and William Horatio Thornton [manuscript] 1859-1866.

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Civil War letters of William Herrod Locke and William Horatio Thornton [manuscript] 1859-1866.

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In an incomplete series of highly descriptive letters, chiefly to to his wife, William H. Locke discusses life with the Eufaula Minute Men and in the 4th Alabama Cavalry Battalion , particularly at Fort Gaines, Ga., 1862-1863; opposing Grant's drive on Richmond, 1864; and the Petersburg seige from Stoney Creek Station, 1864. There are also three pre war letters and one post war letter written on business trips to New York. Topics include Braxton Bragg at Fort Barrancus; execution of a man found asleep at his post; leisure activities; sale of a slave girl; Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Trevilian Station; inflated war prices; African American refugees, servants, and impressed workers; rooming with a wounded James T. Holtzclaw; giving food to starving Union prisoners on their way to Andersonville; war news from elsewhere; battlefield scenes including pleas from wounded and looting of the dead; Union raiders destroying railroads; hardships on civilian population in the path of the armies; injuries and deaths of family and friends including his brother-in-law "Benie"; financial and farming instructions to his wife; ownership of blockade running ships; Union deserters who hate Grant; the Atlanta campaign; and religious services, sentiments and Bible reading, with references to Chaplain Brother Jones [J. William Jones?] and belief that God will grant the Confederacy victory. The collection also contains letters and documents concerning a Presidential pardon for Dr. William Horatio Thornton and includes documents signed by Andrew Johnson and William H. Seward. In addition there is a letter, 1864, describing the siege of Atlanta, possbily written by Thornton or another relative with initials WHL or WHT and a tintype of two unidentified young men in uniform.

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