Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter, Rice, Henry to Brother, Peoria, IL (Gates City, equipment, troop movement, colonel retires), Oct. 15, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates:
Oct. 15, 1862