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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
| Title | Asa Smith to his mother regarding the newspaper reporting someone with the same name as him injured |
| Date | 14 October 1861 |
| Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | to mother [Ann Smith] His life at camp is "quiet," and the troops are making their own fun by stealing beer from the sutler's tent. He was surprised when he saw in a paper that Corporal Asa Smith from Indiana was injured, but "was pleased to know that it wasn't me." Sends news back of other soldiers presumably from his hometown. Numbered in pencil "16." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Military Camp Sutler Military Provisions Military Rations Alcohol Injury or Wound Humor and Satire |
| People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Camp Hamiliton, Hampton, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | Massachusetts 16th Regiment infantry, K company |