Box 1
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Letters from John and Henry Wildermuth, 1862 September 17-November 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
1862 September 17-November 19
Letters from John, Henry, and E. A. Wildermuth, 1863 January 19-November 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
1863 January 19-November 3
Letters from John Wildermuth, Henry Wildermuth, Augusta A. Scott, George F. Ramsdell, and Otto W. Schofeldt, 1864 January 28-December 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
1864 January 28-December 24
Letters from Ed and Cardie Wildermuth, 1865 April 2-May 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
1865 April 2-May 30
Letters from Henry Wildermuth, John Wildermuth, and James Cliffon, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
undated
Envelopes, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote many of these 22 letters while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to return home after witnessing the atrocities of war...
Dates:
undated