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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.52.49
From Archive Folder Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters 
Title Thomas J. Kessler to Henry Kessler describing his living situation in tents and cooking on an open fire
Date 20 April 1864
Author Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  
Recipient Kessler, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to his brother from camp. Describes living in small tents with three other men. Reports not having a cook or a stove. Notes they do all their cooking over the fire, meet twice a day for bread and coffee, and get three meals a day. Writes, " I am harty [sic] enough to eat a raw mule and chase the rider."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Military Camp  Diet and Nutrition  Military Provisions  
People Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  Kessler, Henry (fl. 1864)  
Place written Annapolis, Maryland
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Thomas J. Kessler enlisted as a private on 29 June 1863 at Edwardsburg, Michigan. On 8 July 1863 he mustered into "G" Co. Michigan 1st Sharpshooters. He was mustered out on 28 July 1865 at Delaney House, Washington, D.C.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Brother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, G company