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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.32.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle discussing skirmishes around Vicksburg and the end of the war |
| Date | 10 May 1863 |
| Author | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) |
| Recipient | Skinkle, Isora Sayles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs his sister that he will be marching out today towards Black River, Mississippi. Writes of a man named Nathan shooting himself in the hand, and says that his middle finger is now an inch back. Mentions various men in the army and reports on what they are up to and how they are doing. Comments on hearing big guns fired in the direction of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Reports that they took Grand Gulf, Mississippi and captured somewhere between 600 and 800 prisoners. Notes that some people believe that the prisoners have done their last fighting while others believe that they will be exchanged for Union prisoners and will return to defend Vicksburg, Mississippi when the Union attacks it. Writes that some of the prisoners comment that they are glad to be taken so they can now eat; they have been on half rations at Vicksburg, Mississippi for some time. Reports that Jackson, Mississippi is now in the Union's hands. Has an embossed seal in the upper corner. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Injury or Wound Battle Artillery Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Sayles, Sumner (fl. 1862-1868) Sayles, Isora (fl. 1860-1868) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sumner Sayles enlisted as a private on 9 August 1862. He mustered into "H" Co. IL 95th Infantry. He mustered out on 17 August 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Regiment, Illinois, infantry |