Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) to Maria Damuth
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.14.75 Author/Creator: Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Writes to his sister. Describes the early morning arrival at Little Rock. The day before, "one hundred men went out to cut timber to build us good houses and to day four teems have been drawing it up." Damuth thinks the regiment will be there all winter. Compares Little Rock to Madison, Wisconsin. Has run into other Wisconsin men, since seven companies are camped nearby. Finds part of a letter he wrote to his friend Emma published in The Chief, but without his name on it, "she did not expose my ignorance by giving my name."
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