- GLC#
- GLC03523.31.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 May 1861
- Author/Creator
- Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
- Title
- to Mary (Wright) Kellogg
- Place Written
- Joliet, Illinois
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 25.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Camp Goodell. Reports there are 1200 soldiers there. Complains of sleeping on the cold ground with no blanket for a few nights. Says they are divided into squads of eight men who share a tent. Mentions they do their own cooking and drill everyday. Expects his uniform soon.
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