Title: Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag Caldwell, December 19th, 1863

Identifier: 0845-b1-fe   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/494)

Description: 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 near Wilmington, N.C. Robert writes about his views on the war and his feelings toward men who are not serving. He is sending Mag a Christmas present and has recently received a box from her and letters from other relatives. The men in his group depend on boxes from home. He tells about standing in the rain during a recent assignment on picket duty at a Wilmington theatre.