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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.352 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | The soldier's friend; or, hints for the physical and moral welfare of the soldiers of the United States |
| Date | 1861 |
| Author | Ziegler, George J. (fl. 1861) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Published "for gratuitous distribution" by Samuel S. White. Pamphlet is a morale booster as well as a health guide. Page 2 cover has a copy of the poem "Army Hymn" by Oliver Wendell Holmes from the June 1861 Atlantic Monthly. Pages 3-7 has 24 tips on how to stay healthy because "War is an evidence of barbarism, but as it is upon us we must recognize its obligations, and do everything we can to mitigate its dreadful evils and promote the cause of justice and peace." Page 8 has a section of a patriotic speech Henry Clay gave in the Senate during the Compromise of 1850 debates, titled "The Voice of Henry Clay." |
| Subjects | Military History Civil War Health and Medical Poetry Government and Civics Union Forces Missouri Compromise |
| People | Ziegler, George J. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Arts & Literature; Government & Politics |
| 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 |