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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.22 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to John Damuth writes about the camp and describes Louisiana. Also reports the eagerness of the soldiers to fight |
| Date | 15 April 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes that the soldiers have camped in an old plantation. Describes Louisiana as "the most beautiful place I ever saw such fruit trees all kinds." Plans to send a rose "that grew away down South in Dixie." Of the coming fighting, Damuth writes that the soldiers are eager to begin and "when you hear that Vixburgh is taken and the 29th was in the fight…you ought to be proud." The camp ground is 25 miles above Vicksburg. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Military Camp Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Art, Music, Theater, and Film Battle Battle of Vicksburg Geography and Natural History |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, John (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Milliken's Bend, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; 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 | Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |