Sylvester Baker Diary, 20th Maine Regiment, Co.D
Document Type
Text
Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Identifier
C302608
Exact Creation Date
8-8-1864
Language
English
Other Location
Petersburg, Virginia
Disciplines
History | Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Baker, Sylvester, "Letter to Mother from Petersburg, August 8, 1864" (1864). Sylvester Baker Diary, 20th Maine Regiment, Co.D. 3.
https://digitalmaine.com/s_baker_diary/3
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Description
Letter from Sylvester Baker to his mother. Baker writes from the front during the ongoing Siege of Petersburg in August 1864 and describes blowing up the Confederate fort.
"The rebels thought the Devel [sic] was coming for we had 10 100-pound mortars that threw in the fort in front of us..."