Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports the men are happy at their camp and other regiments have joined them - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.14.66
From Archive Folder	Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry
Title	Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports the men are happy at their camp and other regiments have joined them
Date	17 August 1864
Author	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	The men are happy at their camp. A fort is being built "and some force will have to stay here and hold it." The 24th Indiana and the 35th Wisconsin have joined Damuth's regiment; all of the 35th Wisconsin is ill. Damuth says his company is well, since "we can eat evry thing we draw." One of the "little boys of our Company" may be sent home on a sick furlough.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Military Camp Fortification Building Construction Health and Medical Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition
People	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865)
Place written	Morganza, 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