Letter to Captain Sheldon from Roberts, May 20, 1864, page 2
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Letter to Captain Sheldon from Roberts, May 20, 1864, page 2
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Letter to Captain Sheldon from “Roberts”, dated at Beaufort, May 20. The letter is two
pages. The writer states that he has just returned and saw in the Charleston Papers that
they are cut off from Richmond. He thinks by the tone that Gen. Sherman is steadily
driving Johnson. The Rebels say Johnson is falling back for a better position to get
Sherman in a trap. Union prisoners taken by Rebels say banks surrounded at Alexandria.
In another column they say he escaped with 5000 men. They report holding Baton Rouge.
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1864-05-20
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English
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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RG 831, Barton family fonds, 1864-1911, Brock University Archives
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