Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Sayles

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.06-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 22, 1863
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Sayles
Place Written
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 36.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Informs his sister about the men in camp. Writes of one man who is really sick in the hospital and of another who had "yelow janders" [yellow jaundice?]. Comments that several of the boys have had it. Describes his camp as being low and flat and that when it rains it gets very wet and muddy. The mud is so thick that it covers the men's boots and they cannot leave their tents without getting their feet wet. Requested that she writes him and tells him what the folks back home are doing.

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