Sylvester Baker Diary, 20th Maine Regiment, Co.D

Creator(s)

Sylvester Baker

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Document Type

Text

Contributing Institution

Maine State Archives

Identifier

C302608

Description

Letter from Sylvester Baker writing to his father from Lincoln Hospital in Washington, D.C. hoping that he can send money home to help his parents and siblings.

"Father you can buy a piece of land and build a house and barn live on our own and not have to live on others folks land..."

Exact Creation Date

11-23-1862

Language

English

Disciplines

History | Military History | United States History

Letter to father, November 23, 1862


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