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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.42.46
From Archive Folder Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry 
Title Letter to Mary regarding life on the road
Date 25 May 1864
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Signed by Sarah Le Van Valkenburgh [?]. Written at Council Bluffs, Iowa [?]. Writes that they are camping with some of the "local folks" and their children are playing as the author writes. The weather has been very dry since they have been on the road. Writes that "the whole place looks like a soldier camp." There are a large number of people waiting to cross the river, including the author. The dirt has been the worst here. Wishes that Mary could write to them more often and that they could see their "dear old home." Asks her to keep a "corner" of her heart warm for them. They only have time to write when they stop and it is often difficult to find time even then. Writes that John Baker has been gone a long time since he was given a leave of absence last fall.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Military Camp  Children and Family  Travel  Woman Author  Women's History  
Place written s.l.
Theme The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War Main Western Theater  
Civil War: Unit 74th Illinois infantry, I Company