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- GLC#
- GLC03523.14.33-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913
- Title
- to Maria Damuth
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 1 p. : envelope Height: 13 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Damuth's regiment has moved from Natchez, Mississippi, to New Orleans, where "we have a good cool breeze right off the Salt water." Describes the trip down the river. Some deserters are left off the boat at Port Hudson and Damuth proclaims, "I had rather be a soldier in the rebel army than a deserter from ours." The men also pass Baton Rouge. In Carlton, Damuth and a friend breakfast on oysters and beer. There are peddlers everywhere selling cheap goods to the soldiers. Damuth is eager to explore New Orleans.
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