Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag Caldwell, October 25th, 1864
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Identifier: 845.1.f.29
Letter from Confederate soldier Robert C. Caldwell to his wife Mag Caldwell. Robert is serving as a private in Company C., 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery near Wilmington, N.C. He writes from Camp Davis on Masonboro Sound that there is talk of fighting soon and that General Braxton Bragg is in command. He advises Mag on sowing wheat and hiring farm hands, and tells her to resist giving any livestock to the Confederate press masters.more...
     
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Letter from Confederate soldier Robert C. Caldwell to his wife Mag Caldwell. Robert is serving as a private in Company C., 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery near Wilmington, N.C. He writes from Camp Davis on Masonboro Sound that there is talk of fighting soon and that General Braxton Bragg is in command. He advises Mag on sowing wheat and hiring farm hands, and tells her to resist giving any livestock to the Confederate press masters.
Creator(s)
Caldwell, Robert C.
Date
October 25 , 1864
Call Number
845.1.f.29
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
Letters
Soldiers--North Carolina--Correspondence
Finding Aid
Caldwell, Robert C., Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--New Hanover County (N.C.)--Camp Davis (N.C.)
Type
text
Medium
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
122mm x 201mm
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