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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03058.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Miles W. Paul, H company, 131st regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Miles W. Paul to Celicia Paul responds to Cecilia's claims that he doesn't write enough and that he writes when he can and writes about life in camp |
| Date | 10 January 1863 |
| Author | Paul, Miles W. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | In this letter Paul responds to accusations made by Celicia that he does not write enough, and tells her that he writes whenever he can, and thanks her for what she sends. He asks her to write when she receives the money he sent to her, and he complains that he has "not receved any leter for too weaks." Paul recounts in detail what the sutlers do at the camp, the foods they make and for how much they sell them, criticizing "the way these Sutlers make thare mony of tho Poor souldiers". Paul then mentions that he read about a smallpox outbreak in Williamsport, though he assures her that nobody in his regiment is ill. Last, he goes through men who he knows that are wounded, and names a man, Bruse Montgunery, who was known to be a deserter. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Infantry Health and Medical Epidemic Smallpox Injury or Wound Desertion Marriage Women's History Military Camp Soldier's Pay Sutler Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions |
| Place written | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 131st Pennsylvania Infantry, H company |