Union Soldier Letter (II), 1865 December 7

Item — Box: 4273.001, Folder: 041

Letter from Union soldier to mother, December 7, 1865

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," which could stand for the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry regiment. If so, then is it more likely to have been written in South Carolina than in Washington DC, as that regiment was stationed in the Department of the South following the Civil War's end. The body of the letter consists of little more than injunctions to pass the writer's greetings on to friends and family.

Dates

1865 December 7

Creator

Union soldier (unknown) (Person)

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