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Cameron June the 29 1861
Dear Sister fore the first time I sit down to wright you a few lines I am as well as ever I was in my life the Boys are all well we hav to take it as it comes and it comes prety hard some times Our headquarters are at St Joseph, we are 35 miles east of their guarding bridges. we came out heare last friday night it rained all that night We hearing that there was as a company to the railroad that night we went out to stop them but they being on horseback were to fast for us we did not get them. we sleep in the cars. when we sleep at all. I must stop awhile we have to get down the road 5 or 6 miles to see if the road is all right. Wel we found it allright last night, 25 east of hear the rebles tried to through the train off the track but they were sean at it and stopt the boys are all wrighting to the girls I want to wright one or two my self I have not heard from you since I left you I want you to wright to me and tell me all that you know direct yure letters to St Joseph [6 Iowa?] voluntiers Second reigment care of Capt Cowles Company. H
Fairwell
H.C. Russell
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Henry Clay Russell's Civil War letters, 1861-1865 |
| Creator | Russell, Henry Clay |
| Date Original | 1861/1865 |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
Railroads Guards Military camps Military hospitals Wounds and injuries Soldiers Military scouts |
| Personal Name Subject | Cowles, Henry R. |
| Corporate Name Subject |
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864) United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1866) |
| Geographic Subject |
United States -- Missouri -- St. Joseph United States -- Iowa -- Crawfordsville United States -- Alabama -- Athens |
| 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 | Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Collection Identifier | MSC0546 |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0546 |
| 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. |
| Date Digital | 2011-05-03 |
| File Name | index.cpd |
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