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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00203.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of documents from Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry |
| Title | Edwin Jackson to William Jackson with news that he has a fever but is recovering |
| Date | 3 October 1864 |
| Author | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writing from the camp hospital, he informs Bill that he has the Ague (fever) and had the shakes terribly the night before. His fever is broken, though, and he is not in danger, just weakened by the fever, and wants to return to duty in a week or so. He briefly mentions how he greatly dislikes Helena. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Military History Hospital Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Health and Medical Civil War |
| People | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) Jackson, William (fl. 1862-1865) Little Crow (d. 1863) |
| Place written | Camp Bedford, Helena, Arkansas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Edwin Jackson, a farmer from Minnetonka, Minnesota, served as a private in Company D of the 6th Minnesota Volunteers for three years, from August 1862 to August 1865. His regiment first fought the Dakota Indians in the Dakota-U.S. Conflict of 1862; they then continued fighting Indians in Minnesota, the Dakota Territory, and along the Missouri River. The last fourteen months of his enlistment are spent in various camps in Arkansas, Missouri, and Alabama. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |