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Collection Reference Number GLC07705.074
From Archive Folder Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry 
Title Richard Jackson to his father with news of a potential heavy march ahead
Date 29 June 1862
Author Jackson, Richard H. (fl. 1861-1888)  
Recipient Jackson, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description The general impression is that the Union army is to intercept the Rebel army in Richmond. He writes of how "Him who ruleth above, that judgeth of all men, entreating Him to hold the guiding hand over me while engaged in the dreadful courage of battle..."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Soldier's Letter  Union Forces  Soldier's Letter  Battle  Religion  Soldier's Pay  Battle  
People Jackson, Richard H. (fl. 1861-1888)  Jackson, Henry (fl. 1861-1864)  
Place written Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family; Banking & Economics; Religion
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Letters of Richard H. Jackson, Lieutenant in the 9th NY regiment, Hawkins Zouaves, during the period of his service in the Union Army and his subsequent employment as a government clerk attached to the army's subsistence department. 185 letters written to his father in New York City which reveal in detail his two year army enlistment, from his first encampment at Riker's Island in May of 1861 to May of 1863 in Head & Morris Island, South Carolina where Jackson witnesses and reports on the Army and Naval operations against Charleston. Also included: 92 wartime letters written to Jackson from his father and 113 wartime letters written to Jackson by friends, relatives, and associates. 130 covers addressed to Jackson many showing 1c (63) and 3c (65) New York City carrier usages. Small group of post war items including a small cased photograph and a small New Testament Bible.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Father  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 9th Regiment, New York Infantry, I Company