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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to John Damuth with a lengthy description of the events of the past few days. Damuth's camp has crossed the river at Helena after burning their old camping ground |
| Date | 25 December 1862 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his family on Christmas evening. Letter is a lengthy description of the events of the past few days. Damuth's camp has crossed the river at Helena after burning their old camping ground. Describes the lengthy process of crossing the river with mules, wagons and all of the regiment's equipment. The men are divided into squads of twelve. All the men must throw away their excess belongings, so Damuth gives a black man one of his cotton shirts, "it was the last thing I had that ma made for me." The soldiers board a ship to head to their new camp and are fired at by Rebel soldiers who flee when the Union boat lands. At Friars Point, there are about twenty houses. Damuth comments on the girls of the town, "all dressed up but they looked like the devil." A post office is going to be set up to send provisions to Grant's army. Again mentions some problems with a business transaction that took place in Wisconsin before Damuth went south. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Holidays and Celebrations Children and Family Military Camp Military Supplies Transportation Clothing and Accessories Women's History African American History Steamboat Confederate States of America Post Office Union General Military Provisions Finance |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, John (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Friars Point, Mississippi |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Banking & Economics |
| 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: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |