Algernon Smith requests information on his brother and friends, who have not been heard from since the last battle
Algernon Smith requests information on his brother, whom he does not name, and friends Charles L. Patten and Alfred B. Shea, who have not been heard from since the last battle.
[Patten and Shea were both wounded at Spotsylvania; Shea died of wounds.]
[Patten and Shea were both wounded at Spotsylvania; Shea died of wounds.]