Casey, Luther K.
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Luther K. Casey Letter, 1865 October 16
Item — Box 4273.001: [Barcode: 1005680417], Folder: 038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one letter from Luther K. Casey, Union soldier in Anderson Court House, South Carolina, to his uncle, W. D. Barrell, in Turner, Maine, 16 October 1865. Casey discusses the health of his fellow soldiers (evidently a part of the 1st Maine Battalion), an incident in which three of his comrades were murdered, and denounces South Carolina as "the hardest Secesh hole in the whole south."
Dates:
1865 October 16