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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about an officer and friend who is well-liked by soldiers and that he doubts that they will have to go to Vicksburg now |
| Date | 30 January 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Receives a package, containing socks and a photograph, from Maria. Describes the effectiveness of an officer and friend who is well-liked for his attentiveness towards his men, especially sick soldiers. Mentions that Colonel Gill has promised all the soldiers they will be home by Christmas. Writes that "the South is most ruined now and will be intirely [sic] if this goes on an other year." Thinks that the Southerners are eager for the war to end. Writes that Grant has gone to Vicksburg and predicts that they will not have to go after all, for which he is grateful - "I am not so ambitious as to want to go down thear and get killed or see others die and suffer." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Children and Family Women's History Clothing and Accessories Photography Health and Medical Holidays and Celebrations Confederate States of America Death Battle Union General |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Helena, Arkansas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; 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: Recipient Relationship | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |