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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | Wallace Mitchell to sister Mary regarding rebel deserters and being vaccinated |
| Date | 5 March 1864 |
| Author | Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867) |
| Recipient | Mitchell, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He has too many people to write to so is going to be dropping some of his correspondents. He describes the wounds of some soldiers in his picket, and the capture of rebel deserters and scouts. He mentions being vaccinated. Also includes a watercolor of two soldiers in camp, and a decorative card: "Remember me". |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Art, Music, Theater, and Film Health and Medical Women's History Injury or Wound Desertion |
| People | Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) Mitchell, Mary (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Place written | Warrenton, Virginia |
| 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 |