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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03858.01.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John A. Parrot |
| Title | John A. Parrott to Sophia Parrott about building forts, skirmishes with the enemy and commanding the regiment |
| Date | 14 February 1863 |
| Author | Parrott, John A. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Recipient | Parrott, Sophia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | sister [Sophia Parrott] He is glad that she is improving. Eight to ten thousand men are building five forts and when they are finished "this place will be the strongest Fortified p[l]ace in Tenn[essee]." There are skirmishes nearly every day. A shell came very close to taking his head off but he heard it coming in time to jump off his horse and the shell passed across his saddle. He has had command of the regiment since the battle of 31 December and has heard from some of his men taken prisoner then. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Battle Women's History Health and Medical Fortification Building Construction Artillery Prisoner of War Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) |
| People | Parrott, John A. (fl. 1862-1864) Parrott, Sophia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 34th Illinois Infantry, B company |