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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.20 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | Wallace Mitchell to Floretia Mitchell regarding conditions in camp and the horses |
| Date | 8 December 1862 |
| Author | Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867) |
| Recipient | Mitchell, Floretia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Ink is very faded. The horses are faring badly and many are ill. They have been doing some drilling on horseback. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Cavalry Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers |
| People | Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) Mitchell, Floretia (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Place written | Camp Casey |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder information: Union soldier, 16th PA Cavalry, Archive of 32 letters, 1861-1867. Details of cavalry life in the Army of the Potomac, illustrations, Union Patriotic envelopes, etc., revealing the conditions in the army: "Our men are many of them almost naked and to tell the plain truth have nearly starved we have agree among ourselves not to send home any word about our condition until now." |
| 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 Pennsylvania Cavalry, C Company |