Document Type
Text
Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Identifier
C300875
Exact Creation Date
6-5-1862
Language
English
Other Location
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Winchester, Virginia; Martinsburg, Virginia
Disciplines
History | Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Wright, Horace, "Letter to Maryann Wright, June 5, 1862" (1862). Horace Wright Correspondence - 1st Maine Regiment, 1st Maine Cavalry. 12.
https://digitalmaine.com/wright_corr/12
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Description
Letter from Horace Wright to wife Maryanne, writing from Martinsburg, Virginia. He describes Lyman Wright's experience in battle:
"He stood it first rate. Capt. says he is a brave boy. I ask him when I found him if he had got soldiering enough, he said no he wanted to go back and kill some of them women at Winchester that shot our men out of the windows..."