to John and Joan Damuth

Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 to John and Joan Damuth

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GLC#
GLC03523.14.23-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
28 April 1863
Author/Creator
Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913
Title
to John and Joan Damuth
Place Written
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 12 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes that the 29th Wisconsin left its plantation campground, and has been on the march since. In the woods, they find evidence of rebel building projects and bridges. Damuth and a group of men go out to fix up the roads ahead. Describes their meals on the march. All men have been ordered to carry 100 rounds of cartridges and the camp doctors are preparing their field instruments. There is general excitement and Damuth describes the soldiers behaving "as if they were going to a place of amusement." Written from "40 miles below Vicksburg, Louisiana."

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