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Collection Reference Number GLC02740.41
From Archive Folder Collection of Wilmot Thompson, "C" Company, 1st Regiment, Maine, Sharpshooters 
Title Letter from Wilmot Thompson to his wife regarding the wounded and his hopes of being demobilized soon
Date 29 April 1865
Author Thompson, Wilmot (fl. 1864-1901)  
Recipient Thompson, Lizzie  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He talks of wanting to come home. He speculates on when they may begin discharging soldiers. He also mentions seeing all the wounded from the last battle and how devastating it was.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Death  Injury or Wound  
People Thompson, Wilmot (fl. 1864-1901)  
Place written Near Petersboro, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Thompson served in the 1st Maine Sharpshooters and the 20th Maine Volunteers in Virginia. The collection includes forty-nine letters to his wife, Lizzie, with related personal papers and one account book. The bulk of the material dates from 1864-1865, but the account book includes entries until 1901.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 1st Regiment, Maine, Sharpshooters, "C" Company