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| dc.contributor.author | Knight, William W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-15T19:46:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-15T19:46:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1862-10-25 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Knight, William W., Letter to Mary Knight. October 25, 1862. William Knight Letters, Box 1, Folder 2, Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10428/6857 | |
| dc.description | Knight, William W., Letter to Mary Knight. October 25, 1862. William Knight Letters, Box 1, Folder 2, Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. 1 pdf document and scans, 2 pages. Includes transcript. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | William W. Knight, writes to his wife, Mary. He reassures her of his well-being and hopes that she and the children are in good health as well. He mentions that he has been busy since their return from Florida. The author describes recent military events, including a battle where Confederate troops confronted Union forces and the ongoing presence of Gunboats. He explains that many soldiers are sick, including Lieutenants Parrish and Baxter, and describes the challenges of managing the company in their absence. William mentions his attempt to locate some steel for Mary's father and urges her to write to him regularly. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf, image/jp2, image/jpg | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | MS/52;1862, Letter 12 | |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When using this work, please attribute to 'Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections'. | en_US |
| dc.subject | American Civil War--Letters and Diaries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 29th. Company K | en_US |
| dc.subject | Confederate States of America | en_US |
| dc.subject | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | en_US |
| dc.subject | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pocotaligo, Battle of, Pocotaligo, S.C., 1862 (October 22) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Savannah (Ga.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chatham County (Ga.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Carolina | en_US |
| dc.subject | Military hospitals - Confederate States of America | en_US |
| dc.subject | Military camps - Georgia - History - 19th century | en_US |
| dc.title | Knight, William W., Letter to Mary Knight. October 25, 1862 | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
