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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.52.35
From Archive Folder Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters 
Title Thomas J. Kessler to Elizabeth N. Kessler reporting on camp movements and the fact that they may be leaving soon
Date 14 February 1864
Author Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  
Recipient Kessler, Elizabeth N.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to his friends from Camp Douglas. Discusses his trip back to camp. Informs them that another regiment arrived at their camp to relieve them. Comments that they may be leaving camp Douglas soon. 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  
People Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  Kessler, Elizabeth N. (fl. 1863)  
Place written Chicago, Illinois
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Thomas J. Kessler enlisted as a private on 29 June 1863 at Edwardsburg, Michigan. On 8 July 1863 he mustered into "G" Co. Michigan 1st Sharpshooters. He was mustered out on 28 July 1865 at Delaney House, Washington, D.C.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Sister  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, G company