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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09319 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Letter from Alex M. Clark, writing of how he was taken prisoner at Shiloh and later paroled |
| Date | 7 March 1863 |
| Author | Clark, Alex M. (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Captain in the 8th Regiment Iowa Infantry, earlier taken prisoner at Shiloh and later paroled: "My vengeful feelings are the hardest to keep down, when thinking of those in the free North, who would prefer giving up to that Tyrant, Jeff. Davis who is trying to establish a government the corner stone of which is oppression....We…are fighting…for the principles that are, or ought to be, dearer than life, Liberty, Freedom from the oppression of the basest of tyrants." |
| Subjects | Union Forces Military History Infantry Prisoner of War Copperheads Confederate States of America Slavery African American History Soldier's Letter |
| People | Clark, Alex M. (fl. 1863) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 |