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Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, New Orleans, LA (travel to the hospital, unfit for duty, hospital conditions, mail), Carlos W. Colby Carlos Colby, Sept. 6, 1864

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Open book Carlos Colby letter to sister, New Orleans, LA (travel to the hospital, unfit for duty, hospital conditions, mail), Sept. 6, 1864

Title Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, New Orleans, LA (travel to the hospital, unfit for duty, hospital conditions, mail), Carlos W. Colby Carlos Colby, Sept. 6, 1864

Date Sept. 6, 1864

Language English

Subjects American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865), Brothers and sisters, Civil-military relations, Military, Parent and adult child, Soldiers, Soldiers' writings, American

Description Primarily correspondence (129 letters) of Illinois farmer and Civil War soldier Carlos W. Colby, written between 1862 and 1865, to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece, plus a dozen Civil War letters written by Colby’s future brother-in-law James Rowe. Also includes Colby’s reminiscences of his boyhood and his service in the 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, some family correspondence, genealogical material and a few photos.

User-Contributed Transcription Barrack's Hospital New Orleans Sept 6th /64 Dear Sister You will see by the heading of this, that I am now for the first time in a General Hospital. The cause of my being here is not because I am any worse than when I last wrote, but because an order came to the Regt. for all those unfit for the field to be sent to this city On Saturday Evening, a little before dark there was congregated on board the Steamer Diana (formerly on of the Marine fleet) about five hundred poor unfortunate mortals like myself with no nurses, and no preperations for the accomadations of the sick, with the exception of one Sanitary man who done he could in makeing and distributeing tea, and crackers. The filth consequent to such a trip is enough to kill any well man, saying nothing about the sick. Nobody but a Soldier can bear such treatment, and it was more than some of them could bear, for six or eight died on the trip. We arrived here last evening, makeing us forty eight hours on the boat. And now have a good bed and good care. I am this time surely one of the fortunate ones for there was about a hundred more than they had accomadations for, so that they had to sleep on the floor as best they could

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Carlos W. Colby papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Colby Box 1 Folder 110

BibID 991758318805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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