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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.52.32 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters |
| Title | Thomas J. Kessler to his friends informing them he does not believe that they will get a discharge and has given up trying and of a rumor about their regiment heading to Mexico to fight the French |
| Date | 3 February 1864 |
| Author | Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his friends from Camp Douglas. Informs them he does not believe that they will get a discharge and has given up trying. Notes two or three of the band members will be discharged. Comments their band finally got paid. Writes of the call for 500,000 more men to enlist. Relays a rumor about their regiment heading to Mexico to fight the French. Complains about the government's cheap clothing. Requests that they send him a shirt made out of a good flannel. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner. Letter is addressed to his friends but envelope is addressed to his father, A. P. Kessler. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Art, Music, Theater, and Film Soldier's Pay Finance Recruitment France Latin and South America Global History and Civics Military Uniforms Clothing and Accessories |
| People | Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868) Kessler, A. P. (fl. 1863-1868) |
| Place written | Chicago, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs; 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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, G company |