Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 to Maria Damuth
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.14.44 Author/Creator: Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 Place Written: New Iberia, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 November 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his sister from a camp in New Iberia, Louisiana. Begins the letter with a description of "what the folks in our house are doing Barney is fixing a short tailed shirt that I sold him...Don Stanley is mixing up pancakes for dinner." The men left Vermillionville a week earlier and stopped in Teche Lake, Louisiana. They are in New Iberia for thirty days. As they set up their new camp, Damuth's regiment is attacked by Rebel soldiers. Though they manage to scare off the Rebels, "they got two of our teems and a few men that had stragglered out to forage." The next morning, Damuth's regiment executes a sneak attack on the 7th Texas Cavalry and takes 98 men and 12 officers prisoner. A rumor is circulating that one man from each regiment is being sent home to recruit other soldiers.
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