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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03791.012 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Franklin Cranor, B company, 40th regiment, Indiana, infantry |
| Title | Cranor Franklin to Delia Slocum regarding the campaign for Atlanta |
| Date | 20 May 1864 |
| Author | Cranor, Franklin (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Slocum, Delia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Briefly discusses the campaign for Atlanta and his company's role in it: the sabotage of Confederate railroads. He again mentions the state of the corn fields. Though he predicts that the end is in sight "but if it lasts ten years I Shall stay if I live[.] I am going to see it over with[.]" |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Confederate States of America Railroad Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| Place written | Kingston, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | 40th Indiana Regiment infantry, B company |