Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868 to his friends

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GLC#
GLC03523.52.32-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 3, 1864
Author/Creator
Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868
Title
to his friends
Place Written
Chicago, Illinois
Pagination
7 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to his friends from Camp Douglas. Informs them he does not believe that they will get a discharge and has given up trying. Notes two or three of the band members will be discharged. Comments their band finally got paid. Writes of the call for 500,000 more men to enlist. Relays a rumor about their regiment heading to Mexico to fight the French. Complains about the government's cheap clothing. Requests that they send him a shirt made out of a good flannel. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner. Letter is addressed to his friends but envelope is addressed to his father, A. P. Kessler.

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