Saturday, September 8, 2012

1862 September 10 Clarke County, Va.

                      Camp near Paris
       Clark Co Va Sept 10th/62

Dear Charley
                         Enclosed you
will find your "Descriptral Roll"
to 1st Sept. Bounty & Clothing
included--Hoping you will
find your new position
more pleasant than the
"Foot Cavalry"
            I am as ever yr friend
                           Granville

Charles Elisha Taylor, 1842-1915, was originally with the 21st Mississippi Infantry. Wounded in action, he was unable to march and obtained a  position in the 10th Virginia Cavalry.  After the war he became a Baptist minister, professor and eventually president of Wake Forest University.

MSS 3091

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