Letter written from a Union hospital in Memphis
Item
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Title of the letter
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Letter written from a Union hospital in Memphis
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Author / Soldier
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Elias Burroughs
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Date written
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1863-07-08
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Type
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Correspondence
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Physical format
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Manuscript letter, single folio
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Language
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en
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Subject headings
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Hospitals, Military — Tennessee — Memphis
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Soldiers — Iowa — Correspondence
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Vicksburg, Battle of, Miss., 1863
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Place written
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Time period
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July 1863
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Transcription
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Mother — The fever has broken. The surgeon says I will have my leg though it will not be as it was. I am alive and that is more than many of our boys can say after the works at Vicksburg. The Sisters here have been very kind.
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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)