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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02165.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry |
| Title | William H. Holly to Mary Ann Davis regarding his camp accommodation, the health of soldiers, his journey and those who are considered deserters |
| Date | 23 February 1862 |
| Author | Holly, William H. (d. 1864) |
| Recipient | Davis, Mary Ann |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Laments camp accommodations ("you are at Church listening to a good sermon while I am seated on a wash basin and writing on a Camp Kettle") and not being able to spend "the last Sunday in Brookfield that perhaps I shall ever spend in Ct. with you." Talks of writing letters for soldiers in his company who are ill with measles or in the hospital. Jokes with some hints of jealousy that his friend went sleighing with a man named John. Then, describes part of the journey his company will take by railroad and steamboat, stopping at Fort Monroe (in Virginia). Mentions a wounded friend coming home and then his brothers who had returned. Finally, he discusses the fate of those who took their pay and went home, and are now considered deserters. Image on stationary of an eagle, American flag, and banner reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM." |
| Subjects | Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Religion Military Camp Health and Medical Hospital Sports and Games Travel Transportation Railroad Steamboat Injury or Wound Desertion Soldier's Pay Finance Soldier's Letter |
| People | Holly, William H. (d. 1864) Davis, Mary Ann (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | West Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | William H. Holly was mustered into the "E" Co. CT 12th Infantry on 11/19/1861. He died a prisoner of war on 12/11/1864 at Salisbury, NC. N.B. Holly spells his name "Holley." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Trans-Mississippi |
| Civil War: Unit | 12th Connecticut Infantry, E company |