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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09354.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Samuel Keyes of the 16th Massachusetts |
| Title | Samuel Keyes to Annie |
| Date | 20 July 1862 |
| Author | Keyes, Samuel (fl. 1862-) |
| Recipient | Hamilton, Annie M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Describes how he marched 20 miles without food or water when the Rebels attacked them. There were heavy losses on both sides. Writes that Sunday is like any other day in the army and there is no time off to attend church. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Army of the Potomac Union Soldier's Letter Civil War |
| Place written | Harrison's Landing |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: written by a private in the 16th Massachusetts Regiment. He describes actions in the Army of the Potomac from the troop buildup at Fort Monroe, initiating the Peninsula Campaign, to the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was badly wounded. Comments on camp life, battles and commanders, and slaves. "The time I miss home the worst," he writes, "is when we are on picket … on a post in a dense wood liable to be shot at any moment, then is the time my mind wanders back to home and friends." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 16th Massachusetts Regiment |