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John H. Kelly Letter To Major E.S. Barford, Dated July 28, 1864., John Herbert Kelly
John H. Kelly Letter To Major E.S. Barford, Dated July 28, 1864., John Herbert Kelly
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Confederate brigadier general John H. Kelly writes a letter at 1 a.m., describing his slow progress and intentions to "strike the Flat Shoals and Jonesboro war." Dated July 28, 1864, at "McDonega & Atlanta Road."
Copy Of A Letter From John Hunt Morgan To Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston Regarding The Former's Arrival In Richmond And Interview With Confederate President Jefferson Davis., John Hunt Morgan
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Confederate General John H. Morgan writes to General Joseph E. Johnston to relate Morgan's conversation with Jefferson Davis, in which he requested restoration of his command. Morgan also mentions the possible expedition intended against Nashville. He informs Johnson of information, from an officer who had escaped from the Nashville Penitentiary, that claimed there would be no difficulty in accomplishing all intended in Nashville as there were no more than three hundred troops, "most of whom were negroes," dated April 3, 1864.