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Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007_0006
Creator	Townsend, William F., 1847-1928
Title	William F. Townsend letter dated June 26, 1864
Subject	Townsend, William F., 1847-1928--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864 United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1865). Company C Soldiers--United States--Correspondence
Description	Letter dated June 26, 1864 from U.S. Army soldier William F. Townsend to George Washington (Wash) Riggs. The letter was written from a camp on the battlefield near Big Shanty Station, Georgia, which is now known as Kennesaw, Georgia. He indicates that they have been fighting in the area for over a month and have more fighting to do. He describes efforts to take a mountain on which Confederate troops are camped, and includes details of some of the activity on the battlefield. He also writes about the injuries suffered by some of his fellow soldiers. One of the soldiers, Willard, suffers a slight wound to the head. Townsend muses that Willard was probably more upset by the hole shot through his new hat than by the scalp wound he suffered from the same bullet. (Editor's note: The soldier Townsend describes is most likely Willard Riggs, brother of George Washington Riggs. Willard Riggs served in the 53rd Ohio Infantry. This regiment is mentioned in the letter and was involved in actions near Kennesaw, Georgia at the same time as Townsend's.)
Date Original	1864-06-26
Biographical/Historical Note	William F. Townsend was born in Meigs County, Ohio in 1847. He served in the United States Army 30th Ohio Infantry, Company C. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio in August 1861. In September, they moved to West Virginia, where they saw action at Carnifex Ferry near Summersville. Throughout the remainder of the war, the regiment participated in some of the conflict's most significant battles and campaigns, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the siege of Vicksburg, and the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns. Townsend was captured by Confederate troops in Atlanta on August 27, 1864, and became a prisoner of war at Andersonville (officially known Camp Sumter) in Georgia and at Florence in South Carolina. He survived the war, and returned home. William F. Townsend appears in 1880 and 1910 census records for Meigs County, Ohio, along with his wife, Mary, and children. His occupation is listed as carpenter. He died in 1928.
Extent	4 scans
Format	Digital reproduction of 4-page document, 20 x 12 cm.
Publisher	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Digital	2011-07
Language	English
Type	Text
Coverage	1861-1870
Relation	Is Part Of The Civil War in Your Attic Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Related items	Item provided to The Civil War in Your Attic Project by digital donor number MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007
Rights	Permission to publish is required. Please contact Michael Scott, Digitization Supervisor/MDCH Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-545-6342, mdch@prattlibrary.org.

Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007_0006_0001
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Transcript	Camp on the Battlefield near Big Shanty Station, Ga . June 26th 1864 Respected Cousin , With the greatest of pleasyure [sic] I seat my self to drop you a few lines to inform you of my health. I am well at the present, and I hope that these few scratches, may find you well, Wash[.] We have been fighting for over a month, and hant [sic] half done yet. We have got the rebbles [sic] on a big mountain, about half way up to heaven[,] and they can almost throw stones down on our heads, from the top. [The] day before yesterday we thought that they had evaporated, and our general sent out three regiments to re[c]lime [sic] up the mountain, the unlucky 53rd was one of them. [T]hey started up and they found out that they were still there. [T]hey commenced to peckinging [sic] it in to our fellows

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