CIVIL WAR LETTER - 20th Ohio Infantry - Battles near Atlanta, Sherman's March !!

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Civil War Letter
Civil War Letter written by John Thomas Hathaway of Company F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) - written from a camp on the edge of Atlanta - Sherman's March to the Sea - writes of hard battles, describes Atlanta - a terrific letter.  See research on the soldier below.
This Civil War soldier letter was written by John Thomas Hathaway (1834-1923) of Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was the son of Eleazer and Sarah Hathaway of Perry Township, Shelby county, Ohio. He mentions a younger brother, David H. Hathaway (1845-1912), recently discharged from Co. H, 134th OVI.
John enlisted as a private and was still a private in January 1864 when he reenlisted as a veteran. He was made a corporal just prior to mustering out of the regiment on 15 July 1865.
When he returned from the war, John married Harriet E. Blake (1836-1875) and resumed his farming vocation. After her death in 1875, he married Margaret Ellen Wilson (1843-1921). I have not attempted to learn the identify of his friend, “Mrs. E. R. Andrews” to whom the letter was addressed.
Sherman’s army marches out of Atlanta on 15 November, 1864
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