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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03058.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Miles W. Paul, H company, 131st regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | Miles W. Paul to unknown informs the recipient that a friend, Bill Cummings, was ill, and that both Paul and Sheridan had suffered through hard weather |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Paul, Miles W. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Additional authors | Sheridan, John K |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The first few lines of the letter are faded and illegible. The letter is written on military stationary, printed at the top is "Eighty-Fourth Regiment, P.V. Col WM. G. Murray." The letter informs the recipient that a friend, Bill Cummings, was ill, and that both Paul and Sheridan had suffered through hard weather. Paul and Sheridan then describe their march from Camp Curtin, and relay that upon arrival in Hancock they were attacked by Rebels. Outnumbered, the Union troops retreated and were led on a forty mile forced march to Cumberland ["Mud March"?]. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Infantry Health and Medical Confederate States of America |
| Theme | The American Civil War; 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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 131st Pennsylvania Infantry, H company |