King, Robert M., fl. 1863-1864 to Joshua King

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GLC#
GLC09406
Type
Letters
Date
August 30, 1864
Author/Creator
King, Robert M., fl. 1863-1864
Title
to Joshua King
Place Written
Folly Island, South Carolina
Pagination
3 p. : address ;
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

King, an African-American soldier who served as Color Sergeant of Company K, 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment writes from Folly Island, SC to his father Joshua King in Ohio. "Father I want you to try & write little oftener then you doe write every week it is all the Consolation A Soldier has is to get letters from his Parriants & friends and loveers." King was killed at the Battle of Honey Hill on November 30, 1864.

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