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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.06.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Lewis D. Fairchild |
| Title | Lewis Fairchild to Sephronia Fairchild regarding his health |
| Date | 10 August 1865 |
| Author | Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) |
| Recipient | Fairchild, Sephronia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Fairchild writes to his wife Sephronia from Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia. Reports he is ill with fever and dizziness and has little appetite. Says he will be home by 1 October 1865. Comments that his regiment is the last to muster out and they don't know yet where it will occur. He hopes for Albany. The letterhead reads "United States Sanitary Commission." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Children and Family Health and Medical Disease Charity and Philanthropy US Sanitary Commission Artillery |
| People | Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) Fairchild, Sephronia (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | Arlington, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Fairchild enlisted on 4 January 1864 at Exeter, New York as a private. He was mustered into "L" Co. New York 2nd Heavy Artillery. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |