Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about his recovery and plans to return to his unit, via Washington - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04662.013
From Archive Folder	Charles E. Walbridge Collection
Title	Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about his recovery and plans to return to his unit, via Washington
Date	25 August 1862
Author	Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He is feeling better and expects to return to his unit in about a week. Since he does not know where they are, he will have to go to Washington to learn their location. A gang of men are putting up a large building, which Walbridge thinks may be a very large hospital. [The men may have been building the prisoner of war camp that would open on the island.] He claims it is a fine location in the summer but imagines the winter would be rather bleak.
Subjects	Prisoner of War Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Health and Medical Hospital Cholera Building Construction Prison Camp
People	Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866)
Place written	Point Lookout, Maryland
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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
Civil War: Theater of War	Main Eastern Theater
Civil War: Unit	100th New York Volunteers, H Company