Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865 to William Jackson

GLC00203.01

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GLC#
GLC00203.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 12, 1862
Author/Creator
Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to William Jackson
Place Written
Granite Falls, Minnesota
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Edwin Jackson writes to tell Bill that he and his brother, Henry, enlisted in the Army in August and have been fighting the Dakota Indians. He graphically describes the dead left by the Dakota attacks on settlers, including a German family and a pregnant woman. He writes about being in two different battles, the Battle of Fort Ridgely and Battle of Wood Lake; he describes combat and how many dead and wounded there were on each side. He declares that the Indian War is over and asks Bill to write him, which he continues to do in virtually every other letter in the collection. Written at Camp Yellow Medicine.

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