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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02415.011 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry |
| Title | James H. Kellog to Mary reporting the terrible fighting, the losses of the regiment and that he was shot in the knee |
| Date | 26 December 1862 |
| Author | Kellogg, James H. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | There has been terrible fighting. They lost 160 men in the first round. He fears that W.J. Scare has died. He was shot in the knee and he does not know what happened afterward. He tells her to kiss the children for him. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Battle Death Injury or Wound Women's History Children and Family |
| People | Kellogg, James H. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| 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 Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 21st Michigan Infantry, I company |