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Collection Reference Number GLC08334.13
From Archive Folder Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier 
Title Wallace Mitchell to Mary Mitchell regarding their emergency evacuation of camp
Date 13 October 1862
Author Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867)  
Recipient Mitchell, Mary  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description News reached camp that the rebels were within 30 miles of them, so they were ordered to pack up their belongings and tents.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Soldier's Letter  Union Forces  Soldier's Letter  Cavalry  Military Provisions  Military Supplies  Diet and Nutrition  Weaponry  Railroad  Transportation  
People Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867)  Mitchell, Mary (fl. 1861-1865)  
Place written Camp Curtin, Pennsylvania
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 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