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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04634 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | William W. Defoe to Emery Defoe, providing an update on Union progress, also relating details of recent battle |
| Date | 7 December 1864 |
| Author | Defoe, William W. (fl. 1864) |
| Recipient | Defoe, Emery |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Defoe, a Civil War soldier, updates his parents on Union progress, stating "as yet we have had few killed the soldiers are all in good Spirits and fear nothing." Continues writing at a later time, requesting that if he is killed in battle, his parents ensure that his son George W. Defoe receives a proper education. Again resumes writing at a later time to relate the events of a recent battle, stating "this has been one of the bloodiest battles that has been fought since the war began. the Rebs have lost in killed and wounded Near (17,000) seventeen thousand." Accompanied by a United States Sanitary Commission envelope labeled "Soldier's Letter." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Death Children and Family Education Battle Confederate States of America US Sanitary Commission |
| People | Defoe, Emery (fl. 1864) Defoe, William W. (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Education |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Mother Father |