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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02831.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of William H. Alden, F Company, 6th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry |
| Title | William Alden to his mother regarding having his pay stolen |
| Date | 7 June 1863 |
| Author | Alden, William H. (fl. 1844-1865) |
| Recipient | Alden, Charlotte |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He asks her to write to him more. They got paid but someone stole his money right out from under his head where he slept on it. The money was not found but some of the other soldiers gathered up forty dollars for him to send home. They are now camped on a prairie between the Sioux and Missouri rivers. His leg still has no feeling. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter American Indian History Military History Injury or Wound Military Camp Health and Medical |
| People | Alden, William H. (fl. 1844-1865) |
| Place written | Camp Cook |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The collection comprises forty eight long letters written while on the Sully Expedition to put down the Sioux uprising, under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. Private Alden, a seventeen year old Iowan, wrote this first-hand account mostly to his family. He discusses hand to hand combat with Indians, rescuing immigrants on the overland trail, gold mining, the capture of a Sioux chief's feathered head dress, and the wounding and death of a soldier. The Sully Expedition, led by Alfred Sully (son of the famous painter Thomas Sully), was the largest military campaign against the Plains Indians up to this date, and marked an expansion of warfare with the Sioux. Includes 1 postwar photograph. Most letters written to his mother while on the Sully expedition against the Sioux. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Mother |
| Civil War: Unit | 6th Regiment Iowa Cavalry, F Company |