Tullahoma, Tenn.
Sept. 11th 1864
My dear Mary,
We have been blockaded
& cut off and deprived of mails for two
weeks by Wheelers raid and I have not
heard from you or anybody else in
civilization. Wheeler and his forces
succeeded in cutting the telegraph
wires and destroying the R.R. track to a
small extent in several places, but
did not serious or permanent injury
any place. They destroyed but one bridge
over a small stream on the N. & C.R.R.
which I defend. This bridge was between
Nashville and Murfreesboro & was defended by
a block house which was defended by 20
men. After cannonading it three hours
the roof fell in & my boys surrendered.
They then burnt the bridge-They attacked
a number of other block houses but were
defeated at all of them. At one block house
39.6 cm x 24.9 cm unfolded; 19.8 cm x 24.9 cm single sheets
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Handwritten; 14 pages; 2 sheets double folded, 3 single sheets; white paper
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