Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave

 
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Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave - Spence Family Collection
Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave
Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave - Spence Family Collection
Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave - Spence Family Collection

Letter, Tom Spence requesting leave

Object number1998.044.18
DateDecember 23, 1862
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/16 x 9 5/16 in. (21.1 x 23.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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  • Letter
DescriptionTom Spence's request for leave of absence. Single sheet of lined paper. Addressed to Secretary of War. Tom is requesting a "leave of absence." He stresses his leave will not affect the company and he list the names of 4 character references.

On the back someone has written Dec. 26 '62 "disapproved by Genl Bragg."
Below that is written "Rec'd. Jan 6th, 1863."

Born on October 20, 1835, Thomas F. Spence enlisted with the Confederate Army on July 27, 1861 at Camp McRae, Arkansas. He served with Co. E. of the Arkansas 2nd Mounted Rifles. On December 31, 1862, Tom was killed during the Battle of Stone's River (Murfreesboro, TN). He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Arkadelphia next to his brother, Alex, who died in 1864 at the Battle of Franklin.
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