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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.43.23 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Daniel Edwards to John Reeser regarding burying a body and conversing with women |
| Date | 19 February 1865 |
| Author | Edwards, Daniel (fl. 1863-1865) |
| Recipient | Reeser, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Complains how long it takes Reeser to answer his letters. Writes about burying a man at the hospital. Says that there was "a old ded horse laying close beside me and the smell of him would kill rats." Tells of a conversation that he had with his friend, William M. Hampton, about introducing him to some women. He gave Hampton an address to a young woman named Caty Brown. Says that William wrote "a gay old Letter" to Caty. Caty wrote a letter back in care of Daniel and when he read it he "laft til I was sure thare was a valentine in it it was a old woman with one eye punched out the letter sade I am blind of one eye and can't see out of the other." Wants a list of the drafted men. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Death Hospital Women's History Holidays and Celebrations Humor and Satire Injury or Wound Conscription |
| People | Edwards, Daniel (fl. 1865) Reeser, John (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | John Reeser enlisted as a Private on 16 July 1864. He was mustered into "B" Co. PA 197th Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal on 18 August 1864. He was mustered out on 11 November 1864 at Philadelphia, PA. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Friend |
| Civil War: Unit | 197th Pennsylvania infantry, B Company |