Peter E. Rifenburgh to his brother discussing his health and duty guarding a railroad bridge - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC08914.001
From Archive Folder	Collection of Peter E. Rifenburgh and Louis Brooks
Title	Peter E. Rifenburgh to his brother discussing his health and duty guarding a railroad bridge
Date	11 September 1862
Author	Rifenburgh, Peter E. (1843-1863)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Is healthy and hopes he is too. Camped two miles from the city of Baltimore "on a little hill." There is a large railroad bridge that they have been guarding. Sent some letters and is wondering whether or not he has received them yet. The guards caught a rebel. Asks to be sent 50 cents worth of postage stamps to use. No year listed, based on content and location of regiment.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military Camp Railroad Infrastructure Prisoner of War Post Office
People	Rifenburgh, Peter E. (1843-1863)
Place written	Baltimore, Maryland
Theme	The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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	Brother
Civil War: Theater of War	Main Eastern Theater
Civil War: Unit	128th New York Infantry, K Company