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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09354.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Samuel Keyes of the 16th Massachusetts |
| Title | Aunt Lizzie to Annie |
| Date | 14 February 1862 |
| Recipient | Hamilton, Annie M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes that she is sad to hear about Sister Margo's death. Writes that they have had snow. Updates her with news about the baby. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Civil War Children and Family Death |
| Place written | Salem, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: written by a private in the 16th Massachusetts Regiment. He describes actions in the Army of the Potomac from the troop buildup at Fort Monroe, initiating the Peninsula Campaign, to the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was badly wounded. Comments on camp life, battles and commanders, and slaves. "The time I miss home the worst," he writes, "is when we are on picket … on a post in a dense wood liable to be shot at any moment, then is the time my mind wanders back to home and friends." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Niece |