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1961.1_B1_F49.pdf
Capers writes to his wife Lottie from Johns Island, South Carolina. He describes the retreat of the Rifle Regiment from two days before. He had been with the Carolina Light Infantry on Johns Island Ferry, and in the middle of the night was awakened…

1961.1_B1_F48.pdf
Capers writes to his wife Lottie from Johns Island, and gives a more detailed account of the retreat that he described in his previous letter from that morning. He writes that Colonel Branch ordered his men to retreat without their belongings, but…

1961.1_B1_F47.pdf
Capers writes to Lottie from Wadmalaw Island. He says that he rode his horse, Hardtimes, from Charleston to their camp. He describes the location, and says that he saw the smoking plantations on Edisto Island. Capers asks Lottie to make him a bed…
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