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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00203.03 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of documents from Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry |
Title | Edwin Jackson to William Jackson speculating on summer plans for the regiment |
Date | 22 February 1863 |
Author | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | He discusses the possible summer plans for the regiment, including why he thinks that Chief Little Crow will not follow through on his promised summer attack. He believes that his regiment will stay with Gen. Sibley, since they have learned how to fight the Indians. He laments the effect the Indian attacks have had on "the Emegration" to the state - fewer people are coming and many people are fleeing. |
Subjects | Soldier's Letter American Indian History Military History Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration Infantry Immigration and Migration |
People | Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) Jackson, William (fl. 1862-1865) Little Crow (d. 1863) |
Place written | Camp at Forest City, Minnesota |
Theme | Native Americans; The American Civil War; Children & Family; Westward Expansion |
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 |