01_1863-06-20 Page 01 |
Previous | 1 of 43 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
This page
All
Subset |
Loading content ...
Camp 3 miles near of Vicksburg June 20th 1863 My dear mother [This?] [and?] that I am safely with Will without one bit of trouble either I wrote [this?] from Memphis telling of our passing to that place. We were very fortunate there in finding a boat going out the next day. We went onboard and it was crowded with Officers & Paymasters among the rest was Genrl and staff - One of his Staff was an old 18th Iowa man - I had a long talk with the Genrl and found him very pleasant he was in citizen's dress & put on no airs whatever. He has relieved Genl. McClernand who is at-outs with Genl. Grant and is now on his way to Washington. Feeling very much abused. St. Helena [?] [?] put in charge of a Gunboat and convoyed to Lake Providence. There was but one lady onboard besides ourselves and is met with every attention. The Capt. of the Gun boat was introduced to us and he invited us to go onboard of his boat and showed us all over it then gave us a cordial invitation to tea which we accepted but before tea time it began to storm so hard and blow so that we could not go on board. We anchored
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Laura Gibson's correspondence to her mother, June-August 1863 |
| Creator | Gibson, Laura R. |
| Date Original | 1863-06/1863-08 |
| Description | Details life in a camp near Vicksburg where she resided with her husband, a surgeon with the 15th Iowa Volunteer Regiment. |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
War Military life Physicians Battlefields Campaigns & battles Wives |
| Topical Subject (LCSH) |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 |
| Personal Name Subject | Gibson, Laura R. |
| Corporate Name Subject | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865) |
| Geographic Subject |
United States United States -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg |
| 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 Collection |
| Collection Identifier | MsC906 |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/ToMsC950/MsC906/CivilWarCollection.html |
| 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 |
Description
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for 01_1863-06-20 Page 01
