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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09273.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 50 letters of a soldier in the 189th regiment NY volunteers |
| Title | Letter from Horace J. Hammond to his wife, Eleanor Hammond about his current situation |
| Date | 9 October 1864 |
| Author | Hammond, Horace J. |
| Recipient | Hammond, Eleanor |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | All are "enjoying good health and laying in camp." Not much to do. Wishes he could see her and the rest of his family. Thirty miles from Petersburg. Draftees and substitutes get sent to the front line immediately. Has been "some time" since he heard from her. Wants to know if she has received the money he sent her. Has been cooling down significantly in the area. "It is Sunday, but I can't see [any] difference; it is all the same here." Wants to know if she has dug the potatoes yet. Most of the soldiers in the regiment are from Elmira. There are lots of gunboats on the James River across from City Point. Tells her to keep wide awake until he comes back and to "take good care of the women." Asks her to write immediately upon receiving this letter. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Marriage Military Camp Military Substitute Conscription Soldier's Pay Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Diet and Nutrition Union Soldier's Letter Civil War Health and Medical Children and Family Women's History Navy |
| People | Hammond, Horace J. (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | City Point, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Naval & Maritime |
| 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. |