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Froth (hr 40ih ticotptm The following I* ait exjfoot from aletter from Capt. L. T. Mii*.hcll, of Co.C, iOlli Ga. Regiment, dated Meridian, 111m., July 23, 19731 The army of Vick it badly until Up by disease and bailie, DUeaso baa ! doho u* double the ltirri! that we have I Bull'ded from thb ohvdiy. They hove 1 all been furloughed for thirty days, by •' whirh time they wilt be exchanged and 1 reorganized at iliis place. Nothing but a furlough could have prcvohtod de moralisation. There oi*o thouiauds in the hospital*, (at Rome and other places) in a better condition for aotive service, than the vofy best «f tbhs arnly* 1-oor follows, they tako their oaplure very hard, after haviug fought as few men ever fought, fof forty-seven consecutive days and nights, and suffered as, perhaps, tneri neVbr suffered before,' then to be captured from pure starvation, in mori than they can bear.. The country ought to aWard them all the honors of a gallant band of viotors— this is their due, and less than this would he wanton cruelty to them. My boy Fayette deserves all honor; he ran the blockade very ingeniously, and is is noiv With me. f shall furlough him in a few dayn1 am hero on detailed service. Grief almost unmans me, when I think of the fate of the gallant Lieut. Carter— he was a brave and true man. He fell in tho ditoh at Vicksburg. No more Worthy or gellant young man bits fallen during this wicked war—btlt his poor widowed mother—he was the stay and hcpe of the family. Poor Ben McGinnis, a gaFant fellow j he is gone tod; I give yoU a list of the Casualties in my company: Lt. Allred Carter add Sergt. 13. J. McGinnis, killed. Wounded severely, Private L. R. Wull\ Captured •«t Baker's Creek and still in tho hands of tho enemy: Sergt. J. H; McCttrvor, Privates . J. H. J. W. Caldwell and Kerse* Died of disease, Privates J. 0. Miller and Tollison Norman. A few others Uro missing, but' I have not yet learned their name or their fate—as fast or I oarf loam I will adviso you— they are scattered from the hospitals in Vicksburg to Enterprise, some trying to make theii way home. From all I can learn tbo battle of Baker’s Creek was ono of the rildst crUel and ihexdus-able pieces of negligence during the war. if lulf I hear is true it ought to bo investigated.
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Rome Tri Weekly Courier
Rome, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 30, 1863
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