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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04635 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Charles Kappes to Sim Van Winkel, relating the events of his capture and complaining about poor prison conditions |
| Date | 16 September 1864 |
| Author | Kappes, Charles (fl. 1864) |
| Recipient | Winkel, Sim Van |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Kappes, a Union soldier waiting for his discharge in the Annapolis United States General Hospital, relates the events of his capture to friends in New Jersey. Reports that while engaged in battle near Richmond, Virginia, his corps was surrounded by Confederate soldiers and forced to surrender, after which he was taken as a prisoner. Complains of poor conditions prisoners were exposed to while on Belle Island, near Richmond, stating "I was almost starved and then such rations as they do give why the farmers of the north would not be guilty of giving it to his hogs if he did the old Pig would turn up her snout ..." Written on United States Sanitary Commission stationery and accompanied by a Commission envelope labeled "Soldiers Letter." |
| Subjects | Battle of Richmond Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Prisoner of War Battle Surrender Confederate States of America Prison Camp Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions US Sanitary Commission |
| People | Kappes, Charles (fl. 1864) Van Winkel, Sim (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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: Recipient Relationship | Friend |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |