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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09273.09 |
| 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 reporting that is leg is almost better and asking her to write often |
| Date | 25 October 1864 |
| Author | Hammond, Horace J. |
| Recipient | Hammond, Eleanor |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The weather has cooled recently, but it is still nice out. Leg has recuperated significantly and "has got almost well." Put a book in with the letter. Had meant to put it with an earlier letter but forgot. Put two pennies for Oscar in the letter he wrote last night. Reminds her to tell him about the money he had sent her. Asks her to put her trust in the Lord as he has. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Injury or Wound Marriage Union Soldier's Letter Civil War Health and Medical Children and Family Soldier's Pay Religion |
| People | Hammond, Horace J. (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | City Point, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| 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 |