- GLC#
- GLC06728.003-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 October 1861
- Author/Creator
- Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882
- Title
- to his parents
- Place Written
- Rolla, Missouri
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Reports that some of the soldiers of the company are ill but not dangerously. Describes his uniform equipment, and food at camp. Writes that a prisoner, a lieutenant of Brig. General James McBride was brought in. Prisoners are often brought in and discharged under oath. Asks that his parents send him a newspaper occasionally. Written at Camp Rolla
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