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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.77 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports the men are busy preparing for an inspection and that Damuth is now receiving twenty-four dollars a month |
| Date | 3 December 1864 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister. The men are busy preparing for an inspection, because "they say that the Regt that passes the best inspection will do Provost Guard duty in the city this winter." Damuth has received a pair of suspenders from his family by mail and is glad, reporting that clothing goods are expensive if purchased in camp. Damuth is now receiving twenty-four dollars a month. The night before, Damuth went to the theater to see "the Webb sisters…young but perfect beauties." Going to the theater is a good pastime for soldiers, he argues, because "we see again a little civile life." Says that in Memphis, "the negro troops do all the picket duty and I dont see but what the pro Slavery Dem like it." Argues that many slaves have "white blood," and that their release does not mean that Northerners are "abolitionists and amalgamationists." Asks his sister to send her photograph, and encloses a photograph of his friend Wes Rockwell. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Gift Children and Family Clothing and Accessories Finance Soldier's Pay Art, Music, Theater, and Film Women's History Entertaining and Hospitality African American History African American Troops Politics Slavery Democratic Party Abolition Emancipation Photography |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature |
| 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 |