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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.43.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Charles E. Colony to Mary regarding feeling homesick, missing women and a visit to a friend |
| Date | 28 February 1864 |
| Author | Colony, Charles E. (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Apologizes for not writing sooner. Mentions being homesick and Sundays being lonesome. Writes about a visit with Edwin and having a "clean meal" and eating beef steak, butter, apple sauce, and coffee. Inquires after Mary's farm. Describes his trip down as being a good one. Refers to wanting to see a woman in camp. Possibly to Mary Reeser, John Reeser's wife. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Women's History Military Camp Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Travel Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Colony, Charles E. (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; 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 | Friend |
| Civil War: Unit | 197th Pennsylvania infantry, B Company |