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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.36 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth describes the terrible rain in their new camp in Berwick and that they will be moving on to Texas next |
| Date | 1 October 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The soldiers have been setting up camp in Berwick, tearing down old buildings and establishing their own quarters. It rains all the time and the men are woken in the night with their tents flooded, but they make the best of it. Damuth writes that he is only homesick when the weather is beautiful. He has been asked to name one of the children born into his family during his absence and suggests "if you want to name him after as great & good a man as ever lived call him Old Abe if after the meanest one call him after any Copper head." Of the next orders for the regiment, Damuth writes: "some say we are going into texas to catch nigers to make soldiers of." Written from Berwick City, likely Louisiana. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter American West Surveying Building Construction Children and Family Copperheads Texas African American History African American Troops Military Camp President |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Berwick City, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Government & Politics; African Americans; The Presidency |
| 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 | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |