Vanderford Writes From Fort Sumter

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Confederate soldier's 2pp. letter by 2nd Lieut. Alonzo A. Vanderford, 21st S.C. Infantry, who was severely wounded on June 24th, 1864 during the Siege of Petersburg when his leg was amputated and he died of his wounds four days later. The letter to his wife, Dateline Fort Sumter, March 18, 1864. In part, "We are up all night but sleep all day ... I don't know when I will be relieved. Can't find out, but it is as good place as camp when the Yankees are not shelling ..The Yanks have not shelled any now for two days now ... I think that they have got tired of the job ... On last night we had an alarm, and I was in command of the 2nd detachment .. we were the first out on the parapet, but no Yanks came..

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