Box 2
Contains 21 Results:
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1863 October
Contains eleven letters from Edward Hayhurst to his brother Willie, his father, his mother, or his brother Thomas during October 1863. The letters were written while in a temporary camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and engaged in the "Chattanooga campaign"--the Cumberland Army was able to open "cracker lines" for supplies and communication from Brown's Ferry and Lookout Mountain, and broke General Bragg's siege (in place since the Confederate victory at the Battle of Chickamauga).
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1863 November-December
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 January-February
Contains eleven letters from Edward Hayhurst to his father or "Our Folks," or his mother during January and February 1864. The letters were written while traveling in the Clinch Mountain/Knoxville area of Tennessee, south to a temporary camp at Campbell's Station (near Farragut, Tennessee), then back up to Knoxville. No notable battles or events recorded during this time.
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 March-April
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 May-June
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 July-August
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 September
Contains fifteen 15 letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father, his mother, or his brother Joseph during September 1864. The letters were written while Hayhurst was in Sherman Hospital in Nashville, still recovering from typhoid fever and the hip ulcers it caused. He was transferred to the General Hospital (also in Nashville) in mid-September.
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1864 October
Contains twelve letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father Isaac during October 1864. The letters were written while Edward continued to recover from his illness and ulcers, mainly in the General Hospital in Nashville; he was transferred to the Joe Holt General Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana, then to the Dennison Hospital near Cincinnati, Ohio, before being furloughed home at the end of October 1864. The furlough lasted until February 1865.
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1865 February
Contains ten letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father Isaac during February 1865. The letters were written while Hayhurst was in Dennison Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, convalescing after a 3-month furlough. No significant events.
Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1865 March
Contains eleven letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father, mother, or brother Joseph during March 1865. All letters were written while Hayhurst was convalescing in Dennison General Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. No notable events.