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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.38 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Damuth family writes that the regiment have marched twenty-five miles over two days and that some in the regiment have had to steel cattle for food despite the no foraging order |
| Date | 11 October 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | In two days, the soldiers have marched twenty-five miles, "the greatest marching we have ever done." Towards the end of the day's march, Damuth and another soldier fall back from exhaustion and arrive at camp after the rest of the regiment. He describes the countryside of Louisiana as similar to the prairie in Illinois. Soldiers from Indiana are sharing beef they have stolen, despite order against foraging. Citizens in the area have been complaining "aganst the boys taken all thear geese and chickens," but the generals say they cannot stop the men from stealing. The next day, Damuth thinks they will walk twenty miles before they find a place with enough water to camp again. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Travel Military Camp Geography and Natural History Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Place written | Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; 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: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |