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Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd and children, April 2, 1862

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd and children, April 2, 1862
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/62apr02.html
Summary	Shedd writes an update on the deaths in camp due to small pox and answers questions about the farm at home. He describes the catching of a shark and laments the poor food quality at camp.
Subject	Shedd, Calvin -- Correspondence Shedd, S. Augusta United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 7th. Company A Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Enfield (New Hampshire)
Genre	Correspondence
Date	1862-04-02
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Fort Jefferson (Florida)
Physical description	1 letter (4 pages); 1 envelope
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami Libraries. Special Collections
Collection Title	Calvin Shedd Papers
Collection No.	ASM0383
Container	Box No. 1; Folder No. 1; Folder Title: Jan - Apr 1862
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000013
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	Fort Jefferson, Fla., Apr 2d 1862 Dear Wife & Children There is a Mail to leave tomorrow at 9AM and will drop you a line. I am writing lying on my back dont be frightened I am better than I have been had a turn of Gravel since I got over the Diarhea I think it is owing to the water & standing in the position of a Soldier so much. I think I shall be able to do duty in a day or two. Copl J.C. Page died last night of small pox, which makes three out of my squad. I hope it is the last the Doctr thinks there will be no more cases; there has been 9 deaths from it in the regt 4 of Co C - 5 of Co G. Sam is well and acting as nurse to others, I think there will be several of Co C discharged and a number from other Cos Thos Watts is the only one you know, I think he has the consumption or something very near to it. The latest news we have is March 15th which tells us of goodly progress in the war and hope it will continue.
Object ID	asm0383000013
Digital ID	asm03830000130001001

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