Letter from N. A. Brooks to his father [manuscript], 1863 May 15.

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Letter from N. A. Brooks to his father [manuscript], 1863 May 15.

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Brooks, a member of Cobb's Georgia Legion writes to his father about passing through Charlottesville on the march for Gordonsville and seeing Monticello at a distance. He notes "Gen. Jackson is no more. His remains passed through town yesterday; they firred two cannons in honor of the illustrious dead; but he ceases to hear the cannon's deafening roar."

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