Type - ex: book, article, monograph, essay

Letter

Title - full title of the work

From Unknown soldier, prob 110th NY Inf to cousin

Creator - the author

Unknown soldier

Date Created

December 6th 1862

Subject - ex: regimental history, personal memoir, battle narrative

Letter home from a soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

Autor provides a summary of movements inconsistency of food, prices, and anger over surrender of Harpers Ferry. This item includes an image of original letter and a transcription.

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Source - holder or donor of the original document

Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared & Shared

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

December 1862

Spatial Coverage - place(s) or geographic area covered in the text

Virginia]

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the text

Transcribed and posted online by William Griffing at Spared & Shared, used here with permission