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Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 to Maria Damuth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.14.79 Author/Creator: Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 Place Written: Kennersville, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 January 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his sister from a camp outside of New Orleans. The soldiers often go into the city. Damuth is going to get photographs taken. Some of the men taken prisoner the year before at Red River are now in the city. Of one of them, Damuth writes, "he has suffered more than to die." Many of the men in prison died of starvation and exposure to the elements, but some men "found relation in the Rebel army" and were protected by family members.

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