Civil War Letters from Henry M. Misemer to His Wife Martha, April 21, 1864

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Joshua Barton (Creator)

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Brian Gastle

Abstract: This document contains a letter written by Henry Marshal Misemer to his wife Martha while stationed around Nashville Tennessee in the spring of 1864. Henry (signed in his letters as H. M.) was a corporal in the United States Federal Army assigned to Company F of the Third Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. According to the National Park Service, the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry regiment was established in Murfreesboro and in Nashville in January of 1863 (“Search for Battle Units”). The 3rd Tennessee Cavalry had an extensive list of battles and engagements in which they were involved; two which the unit participated in were the Battle of Stones River and the Battle of Nashville. The Battle of Stones River was a victory for the Union Army. Through a combination of Confederate disorganization and distention between officers in Confederate command, Union forces prevailed. The battle was fought under the command of Confederate general Braxton Bragg and Union general William Rosecrans. Peter Cozzens writes in his book No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River, about the distention and turmoil between Bragg and the officers under his command that they, “were so absorbed with their internecine feud that they neglected what should have been the sole object of their attention, the defense of what remained of Confederate Tennessee against Rosecrans and the Army of the Cumberland (216).

Civil War Letters from Henry M. Misemer to His Wife Martha, April 21, 1864
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Language: English

Date: 2023

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