Milton A. Hardin Letters comment

...have fortunately been saved these 138-plus years, were transcribed from the originals by David Barth and his wife many years ago, and have been placed on a Website by a Hardin/Sloan descendant, Mark Jenkins of Comer, Gerorgia, cousin of Mr. Barth. His Web site is here .

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Mark says on his website, "These letters have been typed out letter for letter and word for word so that they can be read easier."
"The original letters are in very rough condition and are difficult to read, some are torn and missing parts, others are stuck together and are impossible to seperate. The letters on this page are the only best ones of the group and I want to thank my cousin Jimmy Price for typing them out for preservation and sharing them with me so that I could share them with you. I realize that the integrity of these letters has been compromised to a degree, but we do have the originals and know for a fact that they are exact copies. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have and that these letters will give you a sense of the seriousness of the hardships our ancestors endured during this terrible time!"

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After reading the letters and comparing them with the Stewart version, I offer this suggested clarification of dates, in chronological order:

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(The Newname column may be ignored.)

FILENAME .GIF	NEWNAME	DATE	COMMENT BY T. H.
letter2	ma62-3x	Prob. March 1862	M.A. to parents
letter1	ma62-524	Prob May 24, 1862. Transcript says 1860.	M.A. to parents Claiborne, Tenn.
letter7	ma62-620	June 20, 1862	M. A. to parents
letterc	ma62-713	July 13, 1862. Transcript says 1864.	Granger County, Tenn. Probably M.A. to parents. Back side stuck.
Letter6	ma62-820	Aug. 20, 1862	Claiborne County, Tenn. M.A. to parents.
letter5	ma62-825	Aug. 25, 1862	Camp Hornet’s nest. M.A. to parents.
letter3	ma62-n3	Probably Nov. 3, 1862	Camp near Manchester, Tenn. M.A. to parents.
letter6	ma62-slo	1862	Sometime after Chattanooga. Robert Sloan to wife Mahala Sloan and sister Caroline Sloan.
Letter4	ma63-107	Jan. 7, 1863	Camp near Vicksburg. M.A. to parents.
Letterb	ma63-120	Jan. 20, 1863	Vicksburg. M.A. to parents.
letter9	ma63-225	Feb. 25, 1863	Camp near Vicksburg. M.A. to parents.
letter0	ma63-420	April 20, 1863	Vicksburg. M.A. to parents.
lettera	ma63-505	May 5, 1863	Camp in the old field. M.A. to father.
Letterd	ma64-slo	July 2, 1864	Mahala Sloan to husband Robert Sloan.
Lettere	ma69-hol	Sep. 25, 1869	G. V. Holmes of California(?) To brother and sister in Alabama.