Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph in Pomeroy, Ohio

63d Regiment letter from Iuka and vicinities

Soldier correspondent from Camp Bean Creek in Alabama reports the 63d Regiment in the 1st Brigade 2nd Division Army of the Mississippi under Lt Col A. S Has kin. The piece describes recent movements toward Corinth and Iuka, numbers of regiments in the brigade, conditions such as typhoid fever, local reactions to Union sentiment, railroad activity, and wartime debates on policy and strategy. The letter closes with appeals for support of the Union cause and a note of gratitude to local supporters.