Sylvester Baker Diary, 20th Maine Regiment, Co.D
Document Type
Text
Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Identifier
C302608
Exact Creation Date
5-18-1864
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Baker, Sylvester, "Letter to mother, May 18, 1864" (1864). Sylvester Baker Diary, 20th Maine Regiment, Co.D. 36.
https://digitalmaine.com/s_baker_diary/36
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Description
Letter from Sylvester Baker writing to his mother from the Spotsylvania battlefield in 1864.
"We have had a hard fight and I am still alive and well. We have lost about 150 men in this fight we have nine line officers left."