Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports that his regiment are on guard against a nearby Confederate camp and that Damuth is working as Provost Marshal - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.14.68
From Archive Folder	Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry
Title	Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports that his regiment are on guard against a nearby Confederate camp and that Damuth is working as Provost Marshal
Date	13 September 1864
Author	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	The men are on guard against the Confederates in a camp on the bank of the White River. The Cavalry has captured some Confederate soldiers. Damuth is working as Provost Marshal. He reminisces about coming to Arkansas before with his friend Jessie, "we had never seen many fortifications then."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Cavalry Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Fortification Friendship Military Law
People	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865)
Place written	St. Charles, Arkansas
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family
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