Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 to Maria Damuth

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GLC#
GLC03523.14.60-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
23 June 1864
Author/Creator
Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913
Title
to Maria Damuth
Place Written
Kennersville, Louisiana
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Has recently arrived at a new camp on the Mississippi River, twelve miles from [Carrollton]. Damuth does not know why the men are there: "I cant see anything to guard except fences houses and hog pens." Says that it is too hot for the men to march. A man wounded in at [Sabine Cross Roads] in April has turned up at a nearby hospital. Damuth writes that the man and another soldier "lay on the Battle field that night and the next day Ferdinan died what a lonesome night that must have been." Describes the sense of brotherhood he feels in his company and hopes to send home photographs of his friends.

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