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Collection Reference Number GLC09354.12
From Archive Folder Collection of Samuel Keyes of the 16th Massachusetts 
Title Samuel Keyes to Annie
Date 24 September 1862
Author Keyes, Samuel (fl. 1862-)  
Recipient Hamilton, Annie M.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Reports that he has the use of three fingers in his right hand. Heard that her father and brother have enlisted. Says that he is recovering.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Union Forces  Military History  Army of the Potomac  Union Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Injury or Wound  Health and Medical  Hospital  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Folder Information: written by a private in the 16th Massachusetts Regiment. He describes actions in the Army of the Potomac from the troop buildup at Fort Monroe, initiating the Peninsula Campaign, to the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was badly wounded. Comments on camp life, battles and commanders, and slaves. "The time I miss home the worst," he writes, "is when we are on picket … on a post in a dense wood liable to be shot at any moment, then is the time my mind wanders back to home and friends."
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 16th Massachusetts Regiment