Title	Letter from Frank McCutchen to his father
Description	Letter written by Frank (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen to his father during the war. In the letter, McCutchen tells his father of his illness with typhoid-pneumonia. Due to his poor health, McCutchen paid for a replacement to fulfill his service in the military. He writes, "I have squared up with my substitute $1500. He makes a good soldier. I don't believe I will ever be able to stand the army again." McCutchen was a Private in Company I, 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A..
Date	1864 March 26
Place of original	Jefferson County (Ala.)
Location Digitized	Metro Archives, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
ID#	nash259
Digital type	Text
Digital format	TIFF
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