Document Type
Text
Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Identifier
C300875
Exact Creation Date
8-14-1862
Language
English
Other Location
Culpeper, Virginia
Disciplines
History | Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Wright, Horace, "Letter to Maryann Wright, August 14, 1862" (1862). Horace Wright Correspondence - 1st Maine Regiment, 1st Maine Cavalry. 13.
https://digitalmaine.com/wright_corr/13
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Description
Letter from Horace Wright writing to his wife Maryanne from the camp at Culpeper Court House in Virginia. He describes the recent battle:
"We had the hardest fought battle...Lyman had his right arm shot off...I was driving a carriage to bring the wounded off the field ...when he was wounded so I missed him...It near about breaks my heart to see my poor boy with but one arm and to be a cripple for life."