Title	Letter of Capt. Robert Laird Evans after his capture at Fort Donelson
Description	Letter written by Robert Laird Evans, Co. I, 53rd Tenn. Inf., Regt., CSA, to his wife, Delilah Angus Evans after his capture at Fort Donelson. Evans was taken prisoner and sent to Johnson's Island Prison (Ohio). He speaks of being treated well, "like gentlemen" by his Northern captors. According to the family, he may have been wounded at Battle of Franklin later in the war.
Date	1862 February 18
Place of original	Fort Donelson (Tenn.)
Education Tags	5.11 8.80 Fort Donelson Civil War and Reconstruction
ID#	gile011
Digital type	Text
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Location Digitized	Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee