Ninian and Polly Ann Edmonston to sons B.B. and B.F., June 1864

Ninian and Polly Ann Edmonston to sons B.B. and B.F., June 1864

Agriculture

Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 25th

Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 62nd

Families

Military deserters

Murder

North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Soldiers -- North Carolina -- Correspondence

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories

In this letter of June 1864 Ninian Edmonston and Polly Ann write to their sons B.B. and B.F. Edmonston, describing an incident near Hendersonville, NC where a group of deserters killed a man who had provided them with food. They also describe the farm crops and provide updates on neighbors and friends.

Edmonston, Ninian, 1789-1868

Edmonston, Polly Ann

Edmonston & Kelly Families Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1864-06

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Civil War in Southern Appalachia