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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.19 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
Title | Wallace Mitchell to Mary Mitchell regarding the Curtin and Woodward meetings during the Pennsylvania state elections |
Date | 11 October 1863 |
Author | Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867) |
Recipient | Mitchell, Mary |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | He announces his support for Curtin as the Woodward speakers "talked compromise". He is taking over the duties of three men who have returned home to vote. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers Government and Civics Election |
People | Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) Mitchell, Mary (fl. 1861-1865) |
Place written | Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Folder information: Union soldier, 16th PA Cavalry, Archive of 32 letters, 1861-1867. Details of cavalry life in the Army of the Potomac, illustrations, Union Patriotic envelopes, etc., revealing the conditions in the army: "Our men are many of them almost naked and to tell the plain truth have nearly starved we have agree among ourselves not to send home any word about our condition until now." |
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 Eastern Theater |
Civil War: Unit | 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, C Company |