AUGUST 28, 1863:
Eli
Pinson Landers, a Georgia soldier, writes in a letter to his mother:
“There is one of the
10th Ga Regiment to be shot to death with musketry tomorrow for deserting his
colors in time of battle. It is bad enough to be shot without the name of
deserting. Bud Nash has deserted. He has been gone about 1 month. He run out of
fights just as long as he could without being courtmartialed so I reckon he
thought he would leave for good. But he might a been gone long since for all
the good he has ever done. I do reckon I've as little sympathy for a deserter
as anybody in the world! ..."
