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Unknown Serviceman (Civil War correspondence)
2017.589.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: "Unknown serviceman" Civil War correspondence
source:
Kerschner, Donald O.
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.589.w.r
Physical Description:
.025 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1862 May 29
Abstract: This collection contains one correspondence written by an unknown serviceman to his wife during the Civil War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Civil War 1
Container: 23
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Donald O. Kerschner.
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], Unknown Serviceman Civil War correspondence (2017.589.w.r), Center for American War
Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
This collection contains one correspondence written by an unknown serviceman to his wife during the Civil War. The serviceman
did not mention if he fought for the Union Army or Confederate Army. However, the stationery used has a picture of Union Army
Major General John Pope as a letterhead. The donor, Donald O. Kerschner, suggests that the author of the letter is an ancestor
of Martha Chrisman Kerschner, a woman who was married to the donor's father. The letter was found in her belongings after
she passed away. In the letter, the serviceman assures his wife that he is well, apologizes for not writing her sooner, informs
her that fellow soldiers and friends of his had been wounded or killed in battle, and tells her a recent influx of enemy troops
has them completely surrounded.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- American Civil War
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Military hospitals
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- letters and diaries
Kerschner, Donald O.