Letter from Wilmot Thompson to his wife reporting that he has been in battle but is alright - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02740.37
From Archive Folder	Collection of Wilmot Thompson, "C" Company, 1st Regiment, Maine, Sharpshooters
Title	Letter from Wilmot Thompson to his wife reporting that he has been in battle but is alright
Date	26 March 1865
Author	Thompson, Wilmot (fl. 1864-1901)
Recipient	Thompson, Lizzie
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He describes a battle in which the Rebels lost 400 people.
Subjects	Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Children and Family Health and Medical Death
People	Thompson, Wilmot (fl. 1864-1901)
Place written	Hatcher's Run, Virginia
Theme	The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information	Thompson served in the 1st Maine Sharpshooters and the 20th Maine Volunteers in Virginia. The collection includes forty-nine letters to his wife, Lizzie, with related personal papers and one account book. The bulk of the material dates from 1864-1865, but the account book includes entries until 1901.
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	1st Regiment, Maine, Sharpshooters, "C" Company