Keyes, Samuel (fl. 1862) [Collection of Samuel Keyes]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09354 Author/Creator: Keyes, Samuel (fl. 1862) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1862 Pagination: 11 letters Order a Copy
11 letters with covers, written by a private in the 16th Massachusetts Regiment. He describes actions in the Army of the Potomac from the troop buildup at Fort Monroe, initiating the Peninsula Campaign, to the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was badly wounded. Comments on camp life, battles and commanders, and slaves. "The time I miss home the worst," he writes, "is when we are on picket … on a post in a dense wood liable to be shot at any moment, then is the time my mind wanders back to home and friends."
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