Mr. Upton,

It wasn't the rain. There was no appreciable rain that fell in the region the previous seven weeks and the first rain they had began on October 1, 1863.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army
M.A. Military History - Civil War Concentration
Research - Preservation
Athens, Tennessee
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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