Edwards, Daniel, fl. 1863-1865 to John Reeser

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GLC#
GLC03523.43.07-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
21 July 1863
Author/Creator
Edwards, Daniel, fl. 1863-1865
Title
to John Reeser
Place Written
Clear Spring, Maryland
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 19 cm, Width: 23.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes the camp being nice and seeing the Potomac River. Reports seeing plenty of rebels that "are hard looking fases some of them are very neare naked and as dirty as hogs…" Mentions being able to wash every week and having a "sporting horse he can run with any and in the crowd when the spirs comes down he has to get up and run." Comments on being hungry when soldiering and "could eat the pork raw." Describes marching for two days and nights in the mud. Inquires about who has been drafted from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Chester, Pennsylvania. Complains about the rebels taking all of the paper.

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