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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to John Damuth gives an account of the boat ride across the Mississippi River and of being on guard duty along the river |
| Date | 9 November 1862 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Encloses his letter of 7 November, which he thought lost, and gives an account of the boat ride across the Mississippi River mentioned in the earlier letter. Tells stories of being on guard duty along the river. The men are nervous and there are repeated scares throughout the night - one soldier shoots at a man who runs away, and two other soldiers accidentally shoot at an ox. Mentions a foraging expedition led by their colonel from which "20 mules 8 horses 2 greys on a buggi 2 loads of corn 4 Sesech prisoners and lots of traps" were brought into camp. Damuth also goes on a foraging expedition to a deserted plantation where he and other soldiers steal livestock and corn. He describes a two hundred acre cotton field behind the house and encloses a piece of cotton for his family. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Steamboat Transportation Travel Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Confederate States of America Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Diet and Nutrition Prisoner of War Cotton |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, John (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Camp Gill, Mississippi |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; Children & Family |
| 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 | Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |