(CIVIL WAR WISCONSIN) Marshall Francis S Letter describing

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(CIVIL WAR--WISCONSIN.) Marshall, Francis S. Letter describing the battlefield at Shiloh. Autograph Letter Signed to brother Herbert. 4 pages, 8 x 5 inches, on one sheet; very small hole at intersection of folds. Pittsburg, TN, 20 May 1862

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Francis S. Marshall (born circa 1826) was a resident of Linwood, WI. His regiment had fought at Shiloh six weeks before: "Herbert, this is a hard-looking place here. I wish you were to see it, and see the graves there is here, and see the bulletts and cannon balls that lay on the ground. . . . Next day after the battle I saw sights that I never want to again. . . . This battle ground will be visetted for years to come to see the place were the battle of Shilaw was fought." He adds that "the inhabitants here are of a poor class and verry ignorant. The niggers are smarter than the whites here." Marshall later became an officer in the 88th United States Colored Infantry.