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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.44 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes from a camp in New Iberia, Louisiana where they will remain for thirty days. He describes attacks by and on Rebels |
| Date | 22 November 1863 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister from a camp in New Iberia, Louisiana. Begins the letter with a description of "what the folks in our house are doing Barney is fixing a short tailed shirt that I sold him...Don Stanley is mixing up pancakes for dinner." The men left Vermillionville a week earlier and stopped in Teche Lake, Louisiana. They are in New Iberia for thirty days. As they set up their new camp, Damuth's regiment is attacked by Rebel soldiers. Though they manage to scare off the Rebels, "they got two of our teems and a few men that had stragglered out to forage." The next morning, Damuth's regiment executes a sneak attack on the 7th Texas Cavalry and takes 98 men and 12 officers prisoner. A rumor is circulating that one man from each regiment is being sent home to recruit other soldiers. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Clothing and Accessories Diet and Nutrition Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Transportation Texas Cavalry Recruitment Military Camp Military Provisions |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | New Iberia, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |