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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.80 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about news of a "peace movement" |
| Date | January 1865 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister. The morning paper has brought news of "a peace movement…you cant think how the word peace sounds to us we at once begin to build castles in the air." Writes that Jefferson Davis probably "sees no hopes of ever getting his independance [sic]." It is warm in Louisiana and Damuth writes that he can watch "lots of negro men and women at work on the land…fitting it fer a sugar or cotton crop." Many peddler women come to the army camp with liquor hidden under their clothes and attempt to sell it to the soldiers. Damuth suggests that his family subscribe to the Chicago Tribune. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Peace Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Cotton Slavery African American History Merchants and Trade Commerce Alcohol Smuggling Children and Family Journalism Women's History |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Kennersville, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Agriculture; Children & Family; Arts & Literature; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| 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 |