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- GLC#
- GLC03523.14.21-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 11 April 1863
- Author/Creator
- Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913
- Title
- to Maria Damuth
- Place Written
- Helena, Arkansas
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written on board the steamer Charles Bowen. The regiment is heading toward Youngs Point, "oposit Vicksburgh." It is Damuth's birthday, he is twenty-four years old. Has been recommended by his colonel and General McGinnis for possible organizer of a "negro Regt." The pay is better, an obvious incentive for Damuth. He has just been paid $20 and sends half of it home.
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