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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.32.40 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle regarding potential attack from General John Hood |
| Date | 2 December 1864 |
| Author | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) |
| Recipient | Skinkle, Isora Sayles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister from camp. Mentions that he sent $50 home. Writes that they are building breastworks in case General John Hood attacks them. Comments that the general will receive a warm reception if he attacks for they have a large force of men and artillery. Teases about his health being affected because of a lady named Mill not writing him. Reports that the detachment that was with General William T. Sherman is now with them at their camp. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner. Letter has an image and the words, "E Pluribus Unum." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Pay Finance Children and Family Fortification Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Health and Medical Women's History Artillery Union General Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers |
| People | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) Skinkle, Isora fl. 1860-1868) Hood, John Bell (1831-1879) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sumner Sayles enlisted as a private on 9 August 1862. He mustered into "H" Co. IL 95th Infantry. He mustered out on 17 August 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Regiment, Illinois, infantry |