Scope and Contents Nineteen Civil War letters written by Harper in 1862 to his wife, children, and parents until his death following the Battle of Ellison's Mill in Virginia, June 26. Letters describe life in the 44th Regiment Georgia Volunteers, his slave's sickness, attempts to get a substitute to fight in his place, and directions for planting crops and raising animals on his Henry County, Georgia, farm. Harper continually dwells upon his children's illnesses and his own possible death. Four other...