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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.32.45
From Archive Folder Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry 
Title Abby Carpenter to Isora Sayles Skinkle regarding family news
Date 23 November 1870
Author Carpenter, Abby (fl. 1868)  
Recipient Skinkle, Isora Sayles  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to her cousin. Informs her that they now have another baby. Reports on the rest of the family and friends. Request that she keeps her informed about all the happenings in Richmond, Illinois. City is listed as Otsego, but no state is noted. Could be Minnesota or Michigan.
Subjects Woman Author  Women's History  Children and Family  
People Carpenter, Abby (fl. 1868)  
Place written s.l.
Theme Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Sumner Sayles enlisted as a private on 9 August 1862. He mustered into "H" Co. IL 95th Infantry. He mustered out on 17 August 1865.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Unit 95th Regiment, Illinois, infantry