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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.32.36 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle discussing the Fourth of July and the suicide of a family friend's wife |
| Date | 4 July 1864 |
| Author | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) |
| Recipient | Skinkle, Isora Sayles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister. Mentions that the men are feeling rowdy for this Fourth of July. Comments that they want to have a good time while they have a chance to. Discusses how bad he felt when heard about Oney's (possible family friend) wife killing herself while Oney was in the army. Writes that it was especially bad since she had so many small children and now there is no one left to take care of them. Request that she writes him back with all the latest news. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Children and Family Holidays and Celebrations Fourth of July Death Marriage Suicide Women's History Mental Health |
| People | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) Skinkle, Isora fl. 1860-1868) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sumner Sayles enlisted as a private on 9 August 1862. He mustered into "H" Co. IL 95th Infantry. He mustered out on 17 August 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Regiment, Illinois, infantry |