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[Identification of item], in the Harry Lewis Letters, #1222-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.
• Confederate States of America. Army--African Americans.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Religious life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 16th.
• Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862.
• Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
• Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
• Lewis, Fletcher.
• Lewis, Harry.
• Lewis, John.
• Posey, Carnot, 1818-1863.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

Letters to Mrs. John S. Lewis, Woodville, Miss., from her sons, John, Harry, and Fletcher, with the 16th Mississippi Infantry in northern Virginia. Many of these are vivid, detailed, literate letters from Harry Lewis discussing camp life, abilities of officers including General Carnot Posey, the usefulness of a slave he brought with him, his reasons for fighting, his efforts to live a Christian life in camp, the Chancellorsville Campaign, the battle of Fredericksburg, preparations for the Gettysburg Campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.