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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.42.11
From Archive Folder Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry 
Title Letter to W communicating their thoughts on the end of the war
Date 13 May 1862 - 15 May 1862
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that by keeping in contact with home the soldiers and those they left at home feel better. Explains the anguish felt while waiting to hear from loved ones or friends after a battle. Hopes that General Ulysses S. Grant will "hurry affairs" in Tennessee. Hopes that the Union will soon liberate their fellow soldiers in the rebel capital Richmond, Virginia. Wants to see Confederate President Jefferson Davis defeated. States that the rebel leaders should get the "rewards of treason." Writes that it is doubtful the rebels will get such a treatment as the people in Washington, D.C. will most likely only force them to take an oath of allegiance. Thinks this is wrong and that the traitors should be forced to pay for their crimes. Writes that the farmers are preparing their fields for planting. Writes of the nice weather at home and wishes that Franklin was home to enjoy the it. Writes that a girl Franklin was fond of married another man because she did not want to grow old waiting for him to return.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Battle  Children and Family  Union General  Confederate States of America  Prisoner of War  Prison Camp  Confederate General or Leader  Treason  Government and Civics  Oath  Reconstruction  Amnesty  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Women's History  Marriage  
Place written s.l.
Theme The American Civil War; Agriculture; Women in American History
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: Recipient Relationship Friend  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Western Theater  
Civil War: Unit 74th Illinois infantry, I Company