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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07460.104 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Lysander Wheeler |
| Title | Lysander Wheeler to his sister requesting items from home and surmising that his health has improved due to manual work in the army |
| Date | 23 October 1864 |
| Author | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. He has yet to received the package his family sent him. Mr. Wells is going home tomorrow. Asks for some things and suggests they can mail it to him or send them with Mr. Wells when he returns. He was paid last week and kept 20 dollars and sent home 118 dollars. Writes that the weather is getting rather cold. He is glad to hear that the family's fall work is getting along so well. Writes about some memories from home that happened during past winters. He expects that the government will give the soldiers 160 acres of land and a new log house. He thinks that a "rough" living makes him healthier and enjoys the country very much. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Soldier's Pay Land Transaction Health and Medical Confederate States of America Government and Civics |
| People | Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) |
| Place written | Georgia |
| 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 | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 105th Illinois Infantry, C company |