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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.06.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Lewis D. Fairchild |
| Title | Lewis Fairchild to Sephronia Fairchild regarding his time is hospital and picket duty |
| Date | 8 December 1864 |
| Author | Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) |
| Recipient | Fairchild, Sephronia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Fairchild writes to his wife from a camp near City Point, Virginia. Reports that he has been in the hospital with rheumatism and is pleased with his care. Informs he is doing picket duty on the Appomattox River and mentions seeing Rebels. Wishes for a furlough, but knows only wounded men will get one. Advises his daughter Eunice to stay home to study and help her mother. In a postscript, writes he is sending his badge in the letter, "so in case we are wounded or killed they will know to what corps we belong to." A double sided page of the letter is in three pieces. A few lines are missing. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Artillery Children and Family Health and Medical Hospital Confederate States of America Injury or Wound Women's History Education Death |
| People | Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) Fairchild, Sephronia (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | City Point, 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 |