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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.50.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of E. S. Russell, G company, 65th regiment, Ohio, infantry |
| Title | Russell to Hannah E. Russell, reporting that his regiment is in Nashville, Tennessee and that he will go 400 miles to join them |
| Date | 16 March 1862 |
| Author | Russell, E. S. (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Recipient | Hannah E. Russell |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes that he sent 15 dollars and wants her to spend it wisely for he does not know when he will get paid again. Comments that he had a relapse of the fever since he last wrote to her but that God spared his life. Reports that his regiment is in Nashville, Tennessee and that he will go 400 miles by water to join them. He will head down the Ohio River, then up the Cumberland River to Nashville. Asks her not to write to him until he joins his regiment. Describes the Union cause as, "brite and our victorious army is mooving on like A mighty flood and is pushing the rebels back..." Believes that the war will be over by 4 July and that they all will be able to go home. Send his love to his family and friends. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Pay Finance Health and Medical Religion Travel Confederate States of America Fourth of July Holidays and Celebrations Patriotism |
| People | Russell, E. S. (fl. 1861-1862) Russell, Hannah E. (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Place written | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | E. S. Russell enlisted as a private on 1 November 1861. He mustered into "G" Co. OH 65th Infantry. He died of disease on 8 May 1862 at Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 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: Unit | 65th Regiment, Ohio, infantry, G company |