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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09273.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 50 letters of a soldier in the 189th regiment NY volunteers |
| Title | Letter from Horace J. Hammond to Eleanor Hammond regarding a raid he participated in |
| Date | 13 December 1864 |
| Author | Hammond, Horace J. |
| Recipient | Hammond, Eleanor |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Is in good health; cold has almost gone. Received a letter from her this morning. Joseph's health is very good. Started on a raid this past Tuesday. Marched five miles one day, 22 the next, and 20 the day after. Upon reaching their destination, they "commenced and tore up the railroad and piled up the ties and then lugged the rails on the piles of ties and then set them afire." Also destroyed "30 miles of the road and burnt it up." Soldiers killed and ate any farm animals that they saw and "burnt everything that we came to." Rained and hailed all that night. Began their march back through the now muddy ground. Drove all the cattle they could find back to the camp. Took 200 rebel prisoners and burnt bridges on the way back to camp. Some 35,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry, and 10,000 artillery went on the raid. Had a ten mile long supply train. It is very cold, but he feels "first rate." Has not had much time to read his Bible recently. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Marriage Health and Medical Union Soldier's Letter Civil War Railroad Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Confederate States of America Transportation Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Prisoner of War Infrastructure Infantry Cavalry Artillery Military Supplies Religion |
| People | Hammond, Horace J. (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | City Point, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Agriculture; 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 | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 189th New York Vols., "I" Company |