Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag Caldwell, February 15th, 1864
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Identifier: 845.1.f.7
Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to his wife Mag Caldwell. Robert is serving as a private in Company C., 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery and writes from Fort Caswell in Brunswick County. Robert writes that he is in good health but that there is smallpox in his company. He has been on guard duty with no sleep for 3 nights. Robert asks Mag for news of his mother's health, and tells her to get Dr. Houston to write a letter describing his mother's condition. He says a letter from the doctor may get him a special furlough to come home.more...
     
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Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to his wife Mag Caldwell. Robert is serving as a private in Company C., 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery and writes from Fort Caswell in Brunswick County. Robert writes that he is in good health but that there is smallpox in his company. He has been on guard duty with no sleep for 3 nights. Robert asks Mag for news of his mother's health, and tells her to get Dr. Houston to write a letter describing his mother's condition. He says a letter from the doctor may get him a special furlough to come home.
Creator(s)
Caldwell, Robert C.
Date
February 15 , 1864
Call Number
845.1.f.7
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Robert C. Caldwell Collection
Military History
- Civil War
Social and Family Life

Subject(s)
Caldwell, Robert C.--Correspondence
Caldwell, Mag--Correspondence
Letters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
Soldiers--North Carolina--Correspondence
Finding Aid
Caldwell, Robert C., Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--Brunswick County (N.C)--Fort Caswell (N.C.)
Type
text
Medium
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
115mm x 203mm
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