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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.49.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Diton Phelps, F company, 6th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Diton Phelps to his mother, describing the preacher at the camp, in addition to reporting that Captain Bradbury will be court marshaled |
| Date | 23 November 1862 |
| Author | Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864) |
| Recipient | Edith M. Phelps |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes about the preacher at camp. Comments that he is a good man but is not very smart. Says that he went to the preacher last night and was given a prayer book. States that he reads a chapter in the testament out loud every night before retiring. Reports that Captain Daniel Bradbury is to be court marshaled tomorrow for leaving his post while on picket duty. He has heard that the Captain might have to hand in his resignation. Assures his mother that she does not need to worry about him wasting his money on liquor, as he has never spent a cent on it in his life. Describes an older gentleman dying in his tent from drinking. Writes that he "died in his quarters from the effect of drinking so much poisoned whiskey. He had been on quite a [drain] for the past week & Thursday night he was taken to bleeding to the stomach & died Friday night, he drank so much it eat through his stomach." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Religion Military Law Finance Children and Family Alcohol Soldier's Pay Death Health and Medical |
| People | Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864) |
| Place written | Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion; Law; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| 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 | Mother |
| Civil War: Unit | 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry, F company, |