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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07227 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | William Grant to Thomas Grant re: soldiers' reasons for enlistment |
| Date | 21 July 1862 |
| Author | Grant, William F. (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Frant, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | From Union soldier in Company D, 100th Pa.: "Soldiers say they never enlisted to fight for the freedom of the slaves and if they make this a war to eradicate slavery they will throw down their arms contrabands...I would drive them all into the sea and drown them." To his father. With patriotic envelope. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Contrabands Slavery African American History Patriotic Stationery |
| Place written | Newport News, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |
| Civil War: Unit | 100th Pennsylvania |