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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.49.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Diton Phelps, F company, 6th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Diton Phelps to his father and his sister, describing the cold weather, in addition to the location of Captain Daniel Bradbury |
| Date | 29 December 1861 |
| Author | Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864) |
| Recipient | Edith M. Phelps |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his father and sister from Camp Pierpont. Says that he received his letter and the cheese that his mother sent. Mentions having very cold weather for this part of the country. Says that they only have boards, no furs, in their tents to lie upon and that some of the boys have dug cellars two feet deep in their tents. Writes of there not being a fence in sight; they have all been cut down and used for fire wood. Reports that the surgeon says that it will be a year before Captain Daniel Bradbury is able to take charge of the camp again. Says that the Captain and his wife are staying a little ways from camp in an old fixed up shed. Thanks his sister for her letter and wishes her well. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Children and Family Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Fur Trade Military Camp Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Health and Medical Injury or Wound |
| People | Phelps, Diton (fl. 1861-1864) Phelps, Edith M. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Langley, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Diton Phelps enlisted as a private on 15 May 1861. He mustered into "F" Co. PA 35th Infantry. He was mustered out on 11 June 1864 at Harrisburg, PA. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |
| Civil War: Unit | 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry, F company, |