Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, June 9, 1864

Steamer “silver Moon,”
Mississippi River, Near Cairo, Ill., June 9, 1864.

I am on my way home and may reasonably be expected by you on Monday, 15th, by the morning up train, God willing and weather permitting. My retinue is small, as I am on brief furlough. You will only need to make preparations for three servants, two male, one female, four horses, a small dog and myself. You need not put yourself out, as the horses and servants are used to bivouac.

SOURCE: Walter George Smith, Life and letters of Thomas Kilby Smith, p. 363

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