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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03136.41 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Cyrus Oakes, C company, 84th regiment, Indiana, infantry |
| Title | Cyrus Oakes to S. P. Oakes |
| Date | 4 September 1863 |
| Author | Oakes, Cyrus (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Recipient | Oakes, S.P. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Wants to know what his father would make of him being an officer in the "Negros Regiment". |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces African American Troops African American History |
| People | Oakes, S.P. (1862-1864) Oakes, Cyrus (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Collection includes 92 letters to and from Oakes written while he served in the 84th Regiment Indiana Volunteers as a sergeant and later lieutenant. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 84th Indiana, infantry, C company |