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A Guide to an Unidentified Confederate Soldier Letters, 1863

Letter dated May 12, 1863, written by an unidentified Confederate soldier to William Campbell Scott of Powhatan County. The soldier was a member of the Forty-fourth Virginia Infantry Battalion. He writes to Scott about the casualties suffered by the Forty-fourth Virginia Infantry during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He provides the names of officers and enlisted men who were wounded and killed, type of injuries suffered by the wounded, and the companies they were members of. The Confederate soldier also remarks on the death of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and the impact his loss would have on the Confederat cause.

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A Guide to an Unidentified Confederate Soldier Letters, 1863

Letter dated May 12, 1863, written by an unidentified Confederate soldier to William Campbell Scott of Powhatan County. The soldier was a member of the Forty-fourth Virginia Infantry Battalion. He writes to Scott about the casualties suffered by the Forty-fourth Virginia Infantry during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He provides the names of officers and enlisted men who were wounded and killed, type of injuries suffered by the wounded, and the companies they were members of. The Confederate soldier also remarks on the death of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and the impact his loss would have on the Confederat cause.

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