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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04197.17 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of James R. Kelly, K company, 14th regiment, Indiana, infantry |
Title | James R. Kelly to Mary Kelly regarding the movement of his regiment |
Date | 12 February 1862 |
Author | Kelly, James R. (fl. 1861-1862) |
Recipient | Kelly, Mary |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | The weather has been bad. The regiment moved 16 miles east of their former position at Branch Bridge. The journey, made by rail, proved disastrous as the train let them off in a field with no tents. Two days later another train picked them up and brought them to their current camp where they spent another two days without tents. He has a cold. He mentions rumors of the success of Burnsides' expedition on Roanoke Island. [section dated 2/14/1862] The company moved out last night and took no tents with them. He did not go with them. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Soldier's Letter Military Camp Railroad Travel Health and Medical Battle |
People | Kelly, James R. (fl. 1861-1862) Kelly, Mary (fl. 1861-1862) |
Place written | Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; 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: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
Civil War: Unit | 14th Indiana infantry, K Company |
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