Letter from Solomon Rice to Hannah Rice, circa 1865

Description: Partial Letter from Union soldier Solomon Rice to his wife, Hannah Rice. Written while serving in the 128th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Contains lines from a poem called the Blind Orphan Boys Lament.
Contains lines from a poem called the Blind Orphan Boys Lament, possibly transcribed from Beadles Dime Union Song Book.
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Origin: circa 1865
Created By: Rice, Solomon
Contributor(s): Rice, Hannah
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SRiceCivWarC/id/811
Collection: Rice, Solomon Civil War Correspondence
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography: Logansport
Cass County
Indiana
United States
North and Central America
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Military history--Songs and music
Military history
Military life
Poetry
Soldiers--Indiana--Correspondence

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