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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.52.50
From Archive Folder Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters 
Title Thomas J. Kessler to his friends informing them he received marching orders for tomorrow and Relays a rumor that General Robert E. Lee may be heading towards Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and they may head there too
Date 21 April 1864
Author Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to his friends from camp. Informs them he received marching orders for tomorrow. Relays a rumor that General Robert E. Lee may be heading towards Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and they may head there too. Notes he sent a trunk of clothes home so he would not have to haul them. Discusses that his band made an appeal to the Secretary of War. Comments he is very discouraged and wants an honorable discharge. 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  Clothing and Accessories  Confederate General or Leader  Confederate States of America  Petition  Lincoln's Cabinet  
People Kessler, Thomas J. (fl. 1843-1868)  Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870)  
Place written Annapolis, Maryland
Theme The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Arts & Literature
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