Fragment, November, 1864
November 1864
“My boots were worn out & I had to buy me a pair of old pontoon shoes from the government & they don’t suit me in this muddy weather. Have you made me any shirts of your old dress yet? I would like very much to have a couple. . . . I would like very much to have something to line my grey coat with, for the lining has all torn out.”
. –Surgeon Owen to his wife, the night of the first snowstorm on the march with John Bell Hood into Tennessee.
[quoted in Shrouds of Glory, by Winston Groom.]
Have you made me any shirts from your old dress yet?
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