Description: |
This letter was written by William C. Olds to his father Frank A. Olds while he was stationed with Company C of the 63rd Indiana Infantry Regiment in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He discusses the march from Kinston, North Carolina, to Goldsboro, fighting between the Confederates and General Shermans troops, construction of fortifications, and his correspondence with his family. |
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Origin: | 1865-03-23 |
Created By: |
Olds, William C., 1845-1893 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll31/id/1326 |
Collection: |
Indiana State Library Manuscripts Small Collections |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
No Copyright - United States |
Geography: |
Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States |
Subjects: |
Battles Cincinnati (Ohio) Correspondence Family Family life Goldsboro (N.C.) Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Indianapolis (Ind.) Kinston (N.C.) Military life Photographs Prisoners of war Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Soldiers United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 63rd (1862-1865) War casualties Washington (D.C.) Wises Forks, Battle of, N.C., 1865 |
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