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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.52.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters |
| Title | I. D. Wirt to Libbie Kessler writes about the weather and expresses her sympathy about Henry Kessler's death |
| Date | 30 August 1863 |
| Author | Wirt, I. D. (fl. 1863) |
| Recipient | Kessler, Libbie |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports that it is very cold this August and they just had a big frost. Expresses her sympathy about Henry Kessler's death. Writes that their neighbor's 12-year-old boy died yesterday from a diving accident. Addressee name taken from envelope. |
| Subjects | Injury or Wound Children and Family Extreme Weather Death |
| People | Wirt, I. D. (fl. 1863) Kessler, Libby (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Delphi, Indiana |
| 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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, G company |