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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09406 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Robert King to Joshua King |
| Date | 30 August 1864 |
| Author | King, Robert M. (fl. 1863-1864) |
| Recipient | King, Joshua |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | King, an African-American soldier who served as Color Sergeant of Company K, 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment writes from Folly Island, SC to his father Joshua King in Ohio. "Father I want you to try & write little oftener then you doe write every week it is all the Consolation A Soldier has is to get letters from his Parriants & friends and loveers." King was killed at the Battle of Honey Hill on November 30, 1864. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter African American History African American Troops Union Forces Children and Family |
| Place written | Folly Island, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; 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: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | 55th Massachusetts |