Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1863 October

File — Box: 2, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 1

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Scope and Contents

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).

Dates

1863 October

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Edward M. Hayhurst family Civil War correspondence and papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.