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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.50.03
From Archive Folder	Collection of E. S. Russell, G company, 65th regiment, Ohio, infantry
Title	Russell to Hannah E. Russell, reporting that they have marched for four days
Date	1 January 1862
Author	Russell, E. S. (fl. 1861-1862)
Recipient	Hannah E. Russell
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes that he is over 400 miles from home and is in the heart of the enemy. Reports that they marched for four days in hot weather with their knapsacks on their backs and their guns on their shoulders. On their third day, over 100 men fell out of ranks and laid beside the road. Whenever they stopped to rest the men would lay in the mud. States that he is satisfied and would not leave the army if he had the chance. Sends his love to his parents and friends. Written on paper with an image of the American flag and the logo, "PROTECT IT."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Travel Confederate States of America Health and Medical American Flag Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers
People	Russell, E. S. (fl. 1861-1862) Russell, Hannah E. (fl. 1861-1865)
Place written	Bargetown, Kentucky
Theme	The American Civil War; 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

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