Civil War Letters: Georgia

27^th Georgia Infantry Soldier Freeman Walker Writes a Great Description of Fort Sumter… He was stationed there!  Walker was hit by a brick “WHICH WAS KNOCKED OFF THE TOP OF THE WALL BY A 200-POUND PARROT SHELL. I WAS WALKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL AND COME VERY NEAR BEING COVERED UP WITH BRICK.”

48^th Georgia Confederate Battle Letter – Dorsey W. Binion Graphically Describes the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg – “IT WAS FILLED WITH NEGROES AND YANKS CRYING OUT NO QUARTERS, WHEN A HAND-TO-HAND CONFLICT ENSUED WITH THE BREECH OF OUR GUNS AND BAYONETS…” – “THE WHOLE FACE OF THE EARTH WAS LITERALLY STREWN WITH DEAD NEGROES, YANKS AND OUR MEN, THE DREADFULEST SCENE I EVER WITNESSED.” – “OUR BOYS ARE GREAT ON PLUNDERING DEAD YANKS.”