Henry C. Parrott to his sister boasting about his good health and seizing cattle from the Confederates - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03858.02.04
From Archive Folder	Collection of Henry C. Parrott
Title	Henry C. Parrott to his sister boasting about his good health and seizing cattle from the Confederates
Date	11 November 1862
Author	Parrott, Henry C. (fl. 1861-1865)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He estimates that two-thirds of the company is sick though he boasts that "since I joined the army I have had better health [than] I ever had before." The Cavalry had a skirmish with the Confederates and the Union forces took 2,000 head of cattle that the Confederates were driving south to their Army.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Health and Medical Cavalry Confederate States of America Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Military Rations Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition
People	Parrott, Henry C. (fl. 1861-1865)
Place written	Nashville, Tennessee
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Agriculture
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	75th Illinois Volunteers