Letter from a soldier of the 16th Iowa near Vicksburg
Item
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Title of the letter
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Letter from a soldier of the 16th Iowa near Vicksburg
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Author / Soldier
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Elias Burroughs
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Date written
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1863-05-19
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Type
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Correspondence
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Physical format
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Manuscript letter, single folio, water-damaged
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Language
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en
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Subject headings
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Vicksburg, Battle of, Miss., 1863
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Soldiers — Iowa — Correspondence
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Mississippi River — Description and travel
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Place written
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Near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
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Time period
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May 1863
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Transcription
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Mother — There is to be a great fight before long, that much is certain. The pickets have been firing across the bluff for three days. I am tired in a way I cannot describe to you but my health is good. If anything should happen to me, see that Jacob does not enlist. He is too small still and his lungs were never strong.
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Rights statement
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Public domain in the United States. Illustrative content for prototype demonstration.
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Source / holding repo
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Iowa Soldiers' Letters Collection (illustrative entry — prototype)