Letter from David Allan, Jr., Adjutants Office 29th Mo. Infty., near Atlanta, Ga., to Mr. James Allan, Saint Louis, Mo. Discusses the Atlanta Campaign, calling it “the greatest campaign the world has ever seen.” (6 pages, envelope), 1864 July 25

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21

Identifier: D01514

Staff Only

Letter signed David Allan, Jr., Adjutant's Office, 29th Mo. Infty., near Atlanta, Georgia, to Jim Allan, Saint Louis, Mo., July 25, 1864

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The David Allan, Jr., Letters include letters written by Allan from Cape Girardeau and Patterson, Missouri, dated October to December 1862, which briefly describe conditions in southeast Missouri; letters written from Woodville, Alabama, dated January to March 1864; letters written from near Atlanta, dated July to August 1864, including brief accounts of the battles of Atlanta and Ezra Chapel; and account of the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. The collection also includes one letter from J.S. Brown, Louisiana, Missouri, to James Allan, August 2, 1864.