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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.15.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Jesse Brown |
| Title | Jesse Brown to his sister requesting more frequent letters and commenting on her adopted son |
| Date | 4 September 1863 |
| Author | Brown, Jesse (1844-1933) |
| Recipient | Brown, Maria |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He asks her to write more often. Comments on her adopted son. "Every day makes one less for me to be in uncle Sams grand Army that is all the comfort I have." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter American Symbols and Seals Children and Family Women's History |
| People | Brown, Jesse (1844-1933) |
| Place written | Rappahannock Station, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Brown enlisted as a private. On 10 December 1861 he was transferred to the K Company, Maine 18th Infantry, and a year later was transferred to the K Company, Maine 1st Heavy Artillery. He also served in the C Company, Maine Coast Guard. Brown was wounded 18 June 1864 in Petersburg. |
| 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 Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, K Company Maine Coast Guard, C Company 18th Maine Infantry, K Company |