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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.30 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | Wallace Mitchell to Mary Mitchell with a description of a battle |
| Date | 10 February 1865 |
| Author | Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867) |
| Recipient | Mitchell, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Some horses had to be abandoned en route as the road conditions were so bad. He describes the fighting (possibly the Battle of Hatcher's Run) and the wounds received by his fellow soldiers. Also includes a diagram of the battlefield. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Cavalry Military Supplies Injury or Wound Death Battle of Hatcher's Run |
| People | Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) Mitchell, Mary (fl. 1861-1865) |
| 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: Recipient Relationship | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, C Company |