Letter from Owen Newton to Ellen Newton
- Title
- Letter from Owen Newton to Ellen Newton
- Description
- Letter from Owen Newton to his mother, Ellen Newton, written from Corinth, Mississippi approximately four days prior to the Siege of Corinth. Newton describes fighting in the area around Corinth and Monterey, his poor health, the condition of his brother Isaac, outbreaks of typhoid fever, diarrhea, and mumps among the troops, the lack of provisions, instructions for paying taxes and tending the farm back home, and difficulties faced on the battlefield.
- Date
- April 26, 1862
- Original Format
- letters
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- Local Identifier
- 0058-b1-fa
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- Subject(s)
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life
- Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862
- Newton, Isaac
- Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores
- Mumps--Mississippi
- Typhoid fever--Mississippi
- Corinth (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1862
- Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
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- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- Elizabeth Rudder Fearrington Croom Collection from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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