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Letter/Newspaper Article

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From Lt Francis (“Frank”) Marion Hight, Co D, 48th GA Inf to Parents,

Creator - the author

Francis Marion Hight

Date Created

October 14, 1862, letter was published in the Daily Constitutionalist at Augusta, Georgia on 25 October 1862

Subject - ex: regimental history, personal memoir, battle narrative

Letter home from soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

News Article published Letter, provides physical description of Gen Longstreet, feelings regarding handling stragglers, and writer's faith in the Confederate Army. Research of the writer revealed he murdered a former Union Caption.

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Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared & Shared

Information regarding murder victim

Info on Lawrence County Historical Society

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

October 1862

Spatial Coverage - place(s) or geographic area covered in the text

Virginia

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Transcribed and posted online by William Griffing at Spared & Shared, used here with permission