Union soldier (unknown)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Union Soldier Letter (I), circa 1863
Item — Box: 4273.002, Folder: 012
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a fragment of a letter written by an unknown Union soldier, describing his thoughts about the draft--"I think it is right for every man to help save his country"--, emancipation--"I am against freeing the Negro just as mutch [sic] as any person"--and the Battle of Gettysburg--"that was my forth [sic] of July". Very poorly written and virtually illegible in places.
Dates:
circa 1863
Union Soldier Letter (II), 1865 December 7
Item — Box: 4273.001, Folder: 041
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter from a soldier to his mother, written from "Washington City", DC (SC?), December 7, 1865. The accompanying envelope is postmarked Washington DC, April 24, suggesting that it does not belong with the letter. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Dicy Hicks [sic], of Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. The letter furnishes few clues about its author, save for the fact that he was barely literate. A partially illegible closing seems to read "Company B 107 USCI,"...
Dates:
1865 December 7