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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth gives an account of his health and details the rations in the camp, as this is now his responsibility |
| Date | 8 January 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Gives an account of his health. Despite recent illness, Damuth weighs 144 lbs, "more than I ever weighed in my life." He is in charge of rations for the company and encloses a slip of paper with a list of five days rations. The camp has a black servant who cooks for the men and washes their clothing. Discusses more camp health issues and assures his sister that although she might think "the Hospital is a dredful [sic] thing…it is not so here." Colonel Gill is under arrest after an incident in town. Six buildings, including a hotel and a store room of cotton, were set on fire and the 29th Wisconsin Regiment has been blamed. Damuth is certain Gill is innocent, though he admits that his colonel "has ordered a few buildings burned but onely [sic] whear thear has been shots fired at our pickets." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Cotton Hospital Military Law Military Camp Personal Hygiene Children and Family Health and Medical Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Servant Contrabands Clothing and Accessories African American History |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Friars Point, Mississippi |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; 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 | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |