Box 1
Container
Contains 114 Results:
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Morganza, LA (boredom at camp, mail, weather, health, traffic on the Mississippi River), Aug. 28, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 109
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Aug. 28, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, New Orleans, LA (travel to the hospital, unfit for duty, hospital conditions, mail), Sept. 6, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 110
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Sept. 6, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to “dearly beloved sister,” Carrollton, LA (weather, downtime, African American Methodist Revival, General Burbridge, Louisiana countryside), Sept. 27, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 111
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Sept. 27, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, on board steamer “Kate Kinney” near Cairo, IL (details about the boat, freight, and passengers, money), Dec. 10, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 112
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Dec. 10, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Morganza, LA (arrival at camp, illness, details about travel and people on the boat, request for advice about women, mail), Dec. 17, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 113
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Dec. 17, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to Carrie, New Orleans, LA (Christmas dinner with a friend, recent hospital stay, illness, visit to friends in another hospital, food), Dec. 25, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 114
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Dec. 25, 1864
Letter, Colby, Carlos to Carrie, Vicksburg, MS (surrender at Vicksburg, countryside near Vicksburg, details of remaining detritus from Battle of Vicksburg, news of battle in the papers, weather), July 31, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
July 31, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Vicksburg, MS (mail, march to new battle site, boats, food, money), Aug. 4, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Aug. 4, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to brother Charlie, Vicksburg, MS (weather, trip to town, hospital, rebel prisoner anecdote, health), Aug. 5, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Aug. 5, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Vicksburg, MS (homesickness, food, recent religious service, new additions to their regiment), Aug. 11, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Aug. 11, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Carrollton, LA, near New Orleans (new camp on the Mississippi, transport down the Mississippi by boat, recent skirmish on the Mississippi, money), Aug. 28, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Aug. 28, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister, Carrolton, LA (recent military review, trip to town, details of a visit to New Orleans, marching orders), Sept. 1, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 78
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Sept. 1, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to sister Sallie, near Carrolton, LA (illness, package received from home, recent military demonstrations, tensions between Eastern & Western soldiers), Sept. 10, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 79
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Sept. 10, 1863
Letter, Colby, Carlos to brother, Carrolton, LA (mail, disagreement with a recently promoted comrade, dissent in camp, stolen horse), Sept. 18, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 80
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Consists of 129 Civil War letters of Carlos W. Colby of the Illinois 97th Volunteer Infantry Regiment written between 1862 and 1865 to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece. These letters describe in detail all aspects of Colby’s daily camp life as a common soldier including such topics as accommodations, food, clothing, health, weather, scenery, transportation and weaponry, as well as reflecting social and racial attitudes, moral and mental states, observations of the military...
Dates:
Sept. 18, 1863