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Dallas Wood Civil War Letter

Date Range: 1863
2 items

Biographical Note:
No mention of Dallas Wood was found in any of the historical materials examined, but Survey of Confederate Muster Rolls of Florida Volunteers was not included in the cursory research done.

Scope and Content:
This collection is comprised of a photostat of Wood's letter in duplicate. The letter is by Dallas Wood, Co. "K," 6th Fla. Vols, Finley's Brigade, dated Dalton, Georgia, December 25, 1863, to "Dear Sister." Dallas Wood's letter to his sister is chiefly a family letter written on Christmas day and deals only slightly with army life and the granting of furloughs. His reference to "the bloody struggle" was doubtless in anticipation of a forthcoming transfer to Virginia and Tennessee where Brig.-General Finley's Florida Infantry saw service during the following two years.

Citation: Dallas Wood Civil War Letter, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Donor Name: Florida Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Tallahassee, Florida, Fenton Davis Avant, Historian
Manuscript Number: MSS 0:272
Location: Box 158
 



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