Civil War Letters: Mississippi

Confederate Soldier Letter – James C. McGaughy of Richards’ Company, Mississippi Light Artillery (Later attached to Prague’s Battalion, under Pender at Gettysburg) DESCRIBES THE BATTLE OF BRISTOE STATION & BEING SOAKED WITH BLOOD!

11^th Miss. Confederate Soldiers Letter – The Battle of Ball’s Bluff – Written by Major Samuel F. Butler, Who Would Later be Mortally Wounded at Antietam – “The Yankees crossed in ferry boats & in their hurry to recross they sunk their boats & many of them were drowned.”

The Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Va. – The Asst. Surgeon of the 11^th Mississippi Infantry Writes Home on Colorful Captured Union Stationery Showing Lincoln & McClellan on Horseback – “OUR REGT. FOUGHT WITH THAT DESPERATION CHARACTERIZING MISSISSIPPIANS FIGHTING FOR ALL THAT THEY HOLD DEAR ON EARTH.”