Fairchild, Sephronia B. (fl. 1864-1865) to Lewis D. Fairchild
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.06.13 Author/Creator: Fairchild, Sephronia B. (fl. 1864-1865) Place Written: Exeter, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 July 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : 17.8 x 22.9 cm. Order a Copy
Sephronia writes to her husband Lewis asking when he will be discharged. States that the family is waiting and watching for his return every day. States many soldiers are returning home and that all who enlisted under the Act of 1863 (the first conscription act) will get their bounty. The fourth page of the letter is very faded and mostly illegible, but it is from his daughter Eunice and is dated 16 July 1865.
Fairchild enlisted on 4 January 1864 at Exeter, New York as a private. He was mustered into "L" Co. New York 2nd Heavy Artillery.
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