- GLC#
- GLC03696.08-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 November 1861
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862
- Title
- to mother
- Place Written
- Hampton, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
to mother [Ann Smith] He is bored, as "There is nothing stirring here now, it is the dullest time that I have seen since I have been here," and talks about a recent storm and requests a blanket be sent to him. The regiment may soon receive a Sibley tent, a building for their horses, and clothing from ladies in a nearby town. He received a nice letter from Mr. Patten [a family friend] and responded. Numbered in pencil "22." Written at Camp Hamilton.
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