- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- William G. Brownlow in Nashville to Mrs. Brownlow and family
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
1850/1877 - Subject:
- Correspondence
War
Civil rights - People:
- Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Letter from William G. Brownlow to his wife and family giving war news. Mentions the recruitment of fifteen deserters from Gen. Braxton Bragg`s army. Reports that many rank and file Confederate soldiers have applied for amnesty. States that Andrew Johnson and he had telegraphed Gen. Wool asking for the arrest of Gen. William H. Carroll. Mentions an assassination attempt made upon Dr. Peters at Brownlow`s boarding house. States that "200 rebels came in last night, deserters from Bragg."
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A4569
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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