Thomas B. Edmonston to dear brothers, June 20, 1863

Dublin Core

Title

Thomas B. Edmonston to dear brothers, June 20, 1863

Subject

Agriculture
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 62nd
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 64th
Edmonston, Thomas Benton, 1842-1907
Soldiers -- North Carolina -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
War and families -- North Carolina, Western

Description

In this letter of June 20, 1863 Thomas B. Edmonston describes moving often with his regiment and expresses hopes for a promotion. He also describes the possibility of swapping into his brothers' unit but declines to pursue it as he would be swapping with a man of questionable character.

Creator

Edmonston, Thomas Benton, 1842-1907

Source

Edmonston & Kelly Families Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1863-06-20

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
letters (correspondence)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

11781
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/11781

Date Created

2013-06-17

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Buncombe County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

3 pages(pages)
3" x 5"(dimension)
8.25" x 5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Civil War in Southern Appalachia

Citation

Edmonston, Thomas Benton, 1842-1907, “Thomas B. Edmonston to dear brothers, June 20, 1863,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/11781.