S. Love letter to his sister - October 20, 1862

In camp near Holly Springs
Oct. the 20 ./62

Dear Sister

[Battle of Corinth, news of wounded; "And there we were in an enemy's entrenchments with 3 or 4 to one against us and no support. It was a badly managed affair on the part of our Commanding Gen. Van Dorn."; Feds burying C.S. dead "Said that they were burying them and that they were burying them decently for said they men like them deserve it. When they come to our boys the first thing they said was well boys have you got Sober. They say we were all drunk for they say no Sober men would undertake to do what we done..."; lists numbers of casualties; Donaldson prisoners there but has not looked for Cy yet; John is back with the horses]

Love Family Correspondence. Special Collections, Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX. (TCU Box 298400)