Horace Ticknor to his family regarding his health and his wish for food - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.30.04
From Archive Folder	Collection of Horace L. Ticknor, K company, 27th regiment, Illinois, infantry
Title	Horace Ticknor to his family regarding his health and his wish for food
Date	1 September 1862
Author	Ticknor, Horace (1836-1864)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Ticknor writes to his family from an unknown location. Refers to his recent illness and how he "... would like to be there vary much to have some bread and milk..." Comments he eats a lot of fruit, peaches, apples, watermelon and pears. Says he has been paid and expects another fifty dollars in a few days.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Health and Medical Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Soldier's Pay Finance Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
People	Ticknor, Horace L. (1836-1864)
Place written	s.l.
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information	Ticknor enlisted 20 August 1861 in Illinois as a Corporal. He mustered into "K" Co., IL. 27th Infantry.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War	Main Western Theater
Civil War: Unit	27th Illinois infantry, K Company