Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister answering her reproach for not having received his letters; notes a dearth of provisions; refers to fights in the West; describes preparations for a battle on the Potomac and the sinking of a schooner;...
Roxana writes of the Christmas holidays and presents; she notes the general financial panic and the talk of several fore-closings; her step-son Joe Gerdine is closing his affairs in West Point and people are paying their notes with mules. She also...