Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862 to mother

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GLC#
GLC03696.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 October 1861
Author/Creator
Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862
Title
to mother
Place Written
Hampton, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 12.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

to mother [Ann Smith] His life at camp is "quiet," and the troops are making their own fun by stealing beer from the sutler's tent. He was surprised when he saw in a paper that Corporal Asa Smith from Indiana was injured, but "was pleased to know that it wasn't me." Sends news back of other soldiers presumably from his hometown. Numbered in pencil "16." Written at Camp Hamilton.

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