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Title	Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861
Creator	Davis, Andrew F.
Date Original	1861-05/1861-12
Description	Correspondence written by Davis to his wife and daughters on such matters as troop morale, slavery, Copperheads, camp life, and battle.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	War Soldiers Campaigns & battles Military camps Military life
Topical Subject (LCSH)	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Copperhead movement
Personal Name Subject	Davis, Andrew F.
Corporate Name Subject	United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865). Company I
Geographic Subject	United States
Chronological Subject	1860-1870
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Civil War Diaries and Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Andrew F. Davis, 1879-1891
Collection Identifier	MsSC0454
Collection Guide	http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0454
Box Number	1
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index.
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format.
File Name	index.cpd
Identifier	31858055129377

Title	01_1861-05-09-Page 01
File Name	31858055129377_01_1861-05-09-Page 01.jpg
Full Text	DEATH TO TRAITORS Camp Morton Near Indianapolis May 9 1861 Mrs Sarah Davis Dear wife Again I take my pen in hand to address a few words to the loved ones at home. My writing table is not the back of a dead comrade but the head of a drum, I cannot give you any definite idea of the scenes that are at all times in a military camp. It is one continual hum of nois and as motley a set of people as you ever saw, A great many are genteel well dresses gentlemenly men. and then again there is a great many of the most abandoned dirty ragged lousyest looking mortals that [now?] ever saw and in comparison I would say you never Jim Garen look as hard in raggedest dress, Van Mitchell was

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