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Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag Caldwell

Date: 1864 | Identifier: 845.1.g.3
Part of a 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. Robert tells Mag that Union soldiers tried to capture men in his unit while they were on duty near Masonboro Sound. He says he was sent down to the Sound the previous night in the rain and has returned to camp without having any sleep. more...
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(This page is the only surviving part of this letter) I expect tha will take sum of us to New york Sum of those nights over on the Sound tha tried last night to take Sum of our Boys but tha keep them Back By firen on them the ward come to camps I had to go again in the rain down to the Sound I Dident cros over I got No Sleep last night I am in camps today



Nuthing More at Present
R.C. Caldwell
RCC Remains yours til Death to MIC
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Part of a 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. Robert tells Mag that Union soldiers tried to capture men in his unit while they were on duty near Masonboro Sound. He says he was sent down to the Sound the previous night in the rain and has returned to camp without having any sleep.
Creator(s)
Caldwell, Robert C.
Date
1864
Call Number
845.1.g.3
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.)--Wilmington (N.C.)
Type
text
Medium
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
124mm x 201mm
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