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Letter from Lieutenant Tully McCrea
February 5, 1864

Lieutenant Tully McCrea was with Battery M, 1st U.S. Artillery. He was twenty-four years old, a West Point graduate, and a former roommate of George Custer. In this letter he writes his sweetheart before leaving for Florida.


South Carolina, February 5, 1864

A large expedition is leaving here today. I think the destination is somewhere in Florida, but that remains for us to find out after we arrive there. There are a large number of vessels in the harbor waiting to load the troops and I suppose we will start tomorrow. General Seymour, my favorite general here, is in command and if we have an opportunity there will be some hard fighting and someone will be hurt.


Little did Lieutenant McCrea know at the time that he would be a "someone," as he received wounds in both legs. However, he recovered, stayed in the army and retired in 1903 as a Brigadier General.


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