Continued from November 4, 2016.
5. LINCOLN'S NOTE-- Union soldier Henry Jenks and a friend dug their way out of Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, and made it back to Union lines. Once there, he posed for a tintype photo and got a letter signed by Lincoln permitting him to return to their regiments.
6. CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S DIARY-- Roysdon Robertson Etter, 16th Tennessee. One of his entries, dated November 30, 1864, is about the disastrous Battle of Franklin. One of his statements: "The ground could not be seen because of the crush of dead soldiers."
Love Those Artifacts. --Old Secesh
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