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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports that Damuth's company is moving to Helena, Arkansas aboard a Union steamer called the Moderator |
| Date | 20 January 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Damuth's company is moving to Helena, Arkansas aboard a Union steamer called the Moderator. The 29th Wisconsin meets up with the 28th, and Damuth sends news of friends. Sitting on deck, he sees over thirty steam boats and two ironclads sailing for war. In St. Charles, the men find the remains of trenches and Damuth reflects that he and all the rest of his regiment probably would have been killed if the Rebels had not deserted the camp. Near Devil's Bluff, Arkansas, there is a brief fight with some fleeing Rebels, who have dragged their cannons to the railroad tracks in an escape attempt. Later that evening, "30 hard looking Specimens of the Southern army" are captured. Damuth and his fellow soldiers contemplate why the war has not yet ended, and Damuth suggests that "the head ones dont want to end it as long as they can get good pay and speculate in cotton." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Steamboat Transportation Navy Ironclad Military Camp Death Confederate States of America Battle Railroad Artillery Prisoner of War Cotton Finance |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | St. Charles, Arkansas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |