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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.37 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports that the men have moved to a new camp and discusses the journey to get there and sends general news of the regiment |
| Date | 8 October 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The men have moved to a new camp. They pass through Franklin, Louisiana, and marched a total of fifty-five miles to their new campground. The men are eating well and Damuth believes they will "all come out fat." They are marching for the Gulf of Mexico and will not have mail until they get there. On their march, the soldiers met the 19th Army Corps, who share stories of their fights with rebels in the vicinity. The next stopping place will be Opelousas, Louisiana, and Damuth urges his family to look at a map and trace the soldiers' route. Thanks his sister for sending him a list of men drafted in their hometown and hopes that, if his brother John is drafted, "he will come right along like a man it is no disgrace to be drafted and I would treat a Conscript in our own Co as well as I do the rest." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Military Camp Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Confederate States of America Travel Children and Family Conscription |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Louisiana |
| 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 |