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- GLC#
- GLC07460.113-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 1, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
- Title
- to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister
- Place Written
- Robertsville, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that he and most of the men of the company are doing well. The wood they have been using for their fire turns everything black including their faces. They are camped about 25 [18 miles from Hardeeville, South Carolina to another site then another 7 miles to Robertsville, South Carolina] from where they last were. They advanced through swamps and low-lands. Believes that it is natural for soldiers to write to their mothers. The rest of the men feel the same way.
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