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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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