David V. Smith to his family reporting that he turned in his gun and reported to the doctor - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04189.55
From Archive Folder	Collection of David V. Smith, D company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry
Title	David V. Smith to his family reporting that he turned in his gun and reported to the doctor
Date	14 September 1864
Author	Smith, David V.M. (d.1863)
Recipient	Smith, Elizabeth
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He has turned in his gun and reported to the doctor. He rode in an ambulance to Culpeper. He mentions the capture of two guerrillas and adds that "woman & children & negroes packed up & left for parts unkown."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Transportation Health and Medical Weaponry Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Guerrilla Warfare Women's History Children and Family African American History Slavery Refugees
People	Smith, David V.M. (d.1863) Smith, Elizabeth (fl. 1862-1863)
Place written	Culpeper, Virginia
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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	Wife
Civil War: Theater of War	Main Eastern Theater
Civil War: Unit	New Jersey 12th Regiment, infantry, D company