Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag Caldwell, February 8th, 1865
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Identifier: 845.1.g.2
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. Robert writes that his unit has been fighting and retreating in battles near Branchville and Broxton Bridge, South Carolina, and says he expects they will fall back to Columbia soon. He says they lost a good number of men at Broxton Bridge. Robert tells Mag his health is good but sometimes he does not get enough to eat and his clothes are about done.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. Robert writes that his unit has been fighting and retreating in battles near Branchville and Broxton Bridge, South Carolina, and says he expects they will fall back to Columbia soon. He says they lost a good number of men at Broxton Bridge. Robert tells Mag his health is good but sometimes he does not get enough to eat and his clothes are about done.
Creator(s)
Caldwell, Robert C.
Date
February 08 , 1865
Call Number
845.1.g.2
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Robert C. Caldwell Collection
Military History
- Civil War
Social and Family Life

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

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Location (spatial)
United States--South Carolina--Branchville (S.C.)
United States--South Carolina--Broxton Bridge (S.C.)
Type
text
Medium
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
122mm x 200mm
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