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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07460.055 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Lysander Wheeler |
| Title | Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law mentioning the arrival of a train load of convalescents |
| Date | 16 October 1863 |
| Author | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports on some of the activity going on including train guard and the arrival of trains loaded with men which he thinks may be ill or convalescents. Writes that Confederate General Wheeler has not frightened them with his raids. Writes that ten days rations have been put in the fort but will probably be brought out again for the soldiers to eat. Discusses the price of grain and is glad to hear that oats is selling for a good price. Writes to his mother that he has been singing again. Updates his family on some of the other soldiers from his hometown including John Defield who is sick in the field hospital, and the brother of John Burst who lost a leg at Gettysburg. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Injury or Wound Health and Medical Confederate General or Leader Military Provisions Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Commerce Merchants and Trade Diet and Nutrition Music Hospital Battle of Gettysburg Battle Children and Family |
| People | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Lysander Wheeler, a farmer from Sycamore, Illinois, enlisted in the Union Army on August 7, 1862 as a private. He was mustered into Company C of the 105th Illinois infantry and later promoted to sergeant. Wheeler was mustered out on June 7, 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Mother Father Sister Brother-in-law |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 105th Illinois Infantry, C company |