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Title
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Letter to Elizabeth Rees Regarding her Deceased Son
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Description
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Letter addressed to Elizabeth Rees notifying her of her deceased son, David Austin Rees. David Austin Rees was a first Lieutenant for Sherman's army during the Civil War and was killed during a battle at Kennesaw Mountain. On the back of the letter there is a poem from David's brother Corwin Pottenger Rees, who was also in the Civil War during the same time, but in a different location than his fallen brother. This is one item from the Rees Family Correspondence Collection, which includes many letters between family members in Oregon and Ohio.
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Creator
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Biough, J.
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Source
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Rees Family Correspondence, Pacific University Archives
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Date
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1864
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Identifier
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PUA_MS32_10.pdf
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Rights
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No Known Copyright
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
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Type
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Text
