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- GLC#
- GLC00653.09.07-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 23, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Gorsuch, Joseph B., ?-1864
- Title
- to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written in camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi (possibly in Louisiana). Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, replies to a letter from his aunt and uncle. Relates that two men from his company, Daniel D. Avey and Hillrick G. Walker, died. Reports that previous sanitary supplies sent by the Curtis's were used by other men. Instructs the Curtis's to send future boxes in his care, so soldiers serving under him from Butler County, Ohio, will receive their benefit. Relates that Joe Harris is his present secretary. Relates that he has been busy on General Court Martial duty. Comments on his excellent health, and complains of the lack of good food. Requests that the Curtis's send him newspapers.
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