Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, St. Louis, MO Marine Hospital (prospect of being discharged, details of getting paid, getting mustered out, request for leave of absence), July 16, 1865
File — Box: 2, Folder: 129
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
July 16, 1865