[Letter] [18]62 April 23, Washington, DC [to] Mother /
Richardson is glad to hear that his family is well and hopes to get their long looked-for letter. Gifford is well and Lieutenant Miller is ill, but Richardson plans to fish for catfish. He states how happy he was to have a visit from his old friend from Beverly, Colonel Snider, and reports that he s...
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| Format: | Manuscript Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Richardson is glad to hear that his family is well and hopes to get their long looked-for letter. Gifford is well and Lieutenant Miller is ill, but Richardson plans to fish for catfish. He states how happy he was to have a visit from his old friend from Beverly, Colonel Snider, and reports that he sends his love to Charley Oliver, from whom he received papers. He signs the letter, "from your goodlooking son. Richardson served with the Beverly, NJ 10th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War; he enlisted in 1861, was promoted to first sergeant on May 4, 1864, and died at Cedar Creek, Virginia on November 7, 1864 of wounds received while foraging. |
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| Item Description: | The envelope with postmarks and stamps accompany the letter.The letter is part of the Stuckey-Nunn collection of Civil War correspondence between Union soldiers (Joseph D. Richardson and Francis Rupert) and their families, as well as one letter from a Confederate soldier, William T. Bickham, to his cousin; see additional letters from and to Joseph D. Richardson in the collection. |
| Physical Description: | 1 unnumbered leaf. Digitized and made available by the Lehigh University Digital Library as part of the I Remain project. |