This collection contains a letter from Mark Anthony to Miss Lizzie Coleman and its transcription with a reply from Coleman. The letter was written from Kingston, Georgia, and is dated May 22, 1864. Mark Anthony writes to Miss Lizzie Coleman. In this letter he recalls the anniversary of the 2nd assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mark writes briefly of his regiment’s involvement in the Battle of Resaca only mentioning their loss of men to death and injury. He outlines his orders to march to Atlanta, Georgia without rest until the city is taken by the Federal Army. Mark Anthony affirms his belief that the Confederates will be beaten easily, but that the true threat to the Union is the demand for peace with the South made by the Copperheads. In this letter he declares his intent to serve in the infantry until the war is over and then find a wife upon his return home. He also conveys news of Lizzie’s brother Thomas Coleman and her friend Martin Claybaugh. In the reply to Mark Anthony from Lizzie Coleman she thanks him for the information about her brother.