Diton Phelps to his father, informing him that he sent twenty dollars home with a man named C.B. Briggs - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.49.17
From Archive Folder	Collection of Diton Phelps, F company, 6th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry
Title	Diton Phelps to his father, informing him that he sent twenty dollars home with a man named C.B. Briggs
Date	ca.10 August 1861-1864
Author	Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes to his father from Harrison's Landing. Informs him that he sent twenty dollars home with a man named C. B. Riggs. Instructs his father to use the money to "the best advantage." Letter is faded. Letter has an image of a soldier printed on the top left hand side. The letter is dated 10 August but a year is not given.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Children and Family Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers Finance Soldier's Pay
People	Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864)
Place written	Harrison's Landing, Virginia
Theme	The American Civil War; Children & Family
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information	Diton Phelps enlisted as a private on 15 May 1861. He mustered into "F" Co. PA 35th Infantry. He was mustered out on 11 June 1864 at Harrisburg, PA.
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: Unit	6th Regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry, F company,