Title	Letter from Confederate soldier John Lafayette Lemonds
Description	1st Lt. John L. Lemonds of Co. C, 5th Inf. CSA, a unit recruited largely from Henry County, is writing to his future wife Miss M. [Ellen] McCorkle. He asks for the return of his letters and promises to return hers. He has heard rumors--untrue as it turned out--that she was married or planned to do so. He says: "I wish the affection of no one who does not regard me above all others."
Date	1863 August 31
Place of original	Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Location Digitized	Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
ID#	henr001
Digital type	Text
Digital format	Scanned
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