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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03136.77 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Cyrus Oakes, C company, 84th regiment, Indiana, infantry |
| Title | Cyrus Oakes to Parents [S. P. Oakes] |
| Date | 30 May 1864 |
| Author | Oakes, Cyrus (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Recipient | Oakes, S.P. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | States that is this is the first he has written since he was wounded. Says he is finding it very difficult as his right had was blown to pieces and he lost his ring finger. The same bullet entered at the left breast just above the heart and exited through the shoulder. His wounds are getting along well now. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces |
| People | Oakes, S.P. (1862-1864) Oakes, Cyrus (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Collection includes 92 letters to and from Oakes written while he served in the 84th Regiment Indiana Volunteers as a sergeant and later lieutenant. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father Mother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 84th Indiana, infantry, C company |