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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00203.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of documents from Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry |
| Title | Edwin Jackson to William Jackson reporting his fever is gone and he recently voted |
| Date | 27 October 1864 |
| Author | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He is over his fever and is well again. He also recently voted, along with the rest of his regiment. He proudly notes that only 10 or 12 of them voted for "the Traitor Little Mac," so his regiment is a "true Union Regtiment." He talks of building winter quarters in a better location. He discusses how all of the regiment's doctors ("butchers") left and that the new ones are much better. He mentions letters from his father and Mrs. Thorn. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Military History Infantry Children and Family Disease Election Patriotism Civil War Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces President Politics Union General Government and Civics |
| People | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) Jackson, William (fl. 1862-1865) Little Crow (d. 1863) |
| Place written | Camp Bedford, Helena, Arkansas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Edwin Jackson, a farmer from Minnetonka, Minnesota, served as a private in Company D of the 6th Minnesota Volunteers for three years, from August 1862 to August 1865. His regiment first fought the Dakota Indians in the Dakota-U.S. Conflict of 1862; they then continued fighting Indians in Minnesota, the Dakota Territory, and along the Missouri River. The last fourteen months of his enlistment are spent in various camps in Arkansas, Missouri, and Alabama. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |