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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07460.101 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Lysander Wheeler |
| Title | Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law predicting that many will migrate West after the war |
| Date | 27 September 1864 |
| Author | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Writes that the weather has been getting a lot cooler especially at night. The change from daytime temperature to nighttime temperature is very similar to that of Kentucky. He is still in the same camp as when he last wrote and he thinks that the army will be staying for a little while in that location. He has been roaming around the southern countryside and really enjoys it. He thinks that his family can fix up their home "southern style" to make it look more attractive. He is thinking of buying a place for his family with what he gets paid and the bounty for joining the army. Writes that the West will become more populous after the war ends. Knows that there are rich men getting richer but hopes they do not forget the lower classes that worked so hard to make them rich. Does not see the poor white people of the South and North as being very different. Writes that his teeth are used up but the troops are finally eating some soft bread. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Soldier's Pay Westward Expansion Battle of Atlanta Battle Children and Family Poverty Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Health and Medical Confederate States of America |
| People | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Place written | Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Westward Expansion |
| 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 |