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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.40.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence |
| Title | John C. Foglesong to Lydia A. Bishoff explaining that his brigade is awaiting orders and commenting on a terrible march through sand, the lack of clean water and the "dog life" that is soldiering |
| Date | 24 August 1862 |
| Author | Foglesong, John C. (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Recipient | Bishoff, Lydia A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Foglesong received Bishoff's letter on the 22nd, and currently has orders to take transports somewhere at a moment's warning (some think to North Carolina, others believe to New Orleans). Foglesong's Brigade is an Independent Brigade, and consists of the 4th Ohio Regiment, the 7th Virginia Regiment, the 14th Indiana Regiment, and the 8th Ohio Regiment, which has fallen back 80 miles. McClellan's Army has nearly all left but he knows "not whare." Foglesong recently had a terrible time of marching through sand that was shoe-top deep. He has had no water except that taken out of creeks "the color of grass and thick and stinken." According to Foglesong, "no man has an idea what he can stand until he tryes the exposure of soldering it is indeed a Dog life." [fragment missing] He remarks that the day will come when every traitor answers for his part in the rebellion. [fragment missing] |
| Subjects | Civil War Union Forces Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Union General Treason Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Bishoff, Lydia A. (1841-1914) Foglesong, John C. (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Newport News, 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 | Cousin |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |