Box 2
Contains 45 Results:
Writer: Capt. Chief Quartermaster Charles G. Sawtelle Writer's location: Stafford Heights, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 2nd Corps. Army of PotomacAddressee: My dear Aurell, 1/14/1863
Officer apologizes for getting drunk (Name signed in artwork).Number of pages: 2
Writer: J.C. Williams Writer's location: UnknownWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 7th South CarolinaAddressee: Parents , 2/1/1863
Snowball fight (See also Snowball 2/27/63).Number of pages: 2
Writer: Lewis Writer's location: Near Murfreesboro, TNWriter's Military Unit: Union, 3rd Brigade 3rd Division 20th Army CorpsAddressee: Hettie, 2/4/1863
Describes a tour of the picket lines and the devastation around them - Plus slave story.Number of pages: 5 and envelope.
Writer: William S. Campbell Writer's location: Near Fredericksburg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 5th Alabama InfantryAddressee: Bill, 2/27/1863
Snowball fight. Yankee balloons - "Fight them to the last" .Number of pages: 6
Writer: Capt. Watson Sloan Writer's location: Headquarters Picket Post No. 4 Clarksville, TNWriter's Military Unit: Union, 102nd Regiment OhioAddressee: Friends at Home, 3/5/1863
Acts as a steamboat guard - using black labor for construction - a false alarm calls the regiment out to battle.Number of pages: 8 and envelope.
Writer: "M" (a woman) Writer's location: New Orleans, LAWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, UnknownAddressee: Friend, 3/21/1863
Battle of the Parasols.Number of pages: 14
Writer: Capt. John M. Weidemeyer Writer's location: Camp at Grand GulfWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 6th Missouri InfantryAddressee: Wife, 3/27/1863
Love Letter .Number of pages: 4
Writer: Sgt. J.E. Wallis Writer's location: Galveston, TXWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 20th Texas RegimentAddressee: Wife, 4/7/1863
Battle of Big Brothel.Number of pages: 2 and envelope.
Writer: Brother George Writer's location: Camp near Stafford C.H. VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 11th CorpsAddressee: Sister, 4/11/1863
Lincoln reviews the troops - "He looks haggard and careworn". Number of pages: 4
Writer: Pvt. Nathan Hallock Writer's location: Near Falmouth, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 124th New York InfantryAddressee: Father, 4/11/1863
"The President looks very careworn" - Review of corps by Pres. Lincoln and Gen. Hooker Number of pages: 2