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Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd and children, December 21, 1862

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd and children, December 21, 1862
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/62dec21.html
Summary	Several other soldiers have sent for their wives, but Shedd feels that his family would not be comfortable at the fort. He complains that he has had nothing decent to eat for a week and still wishes to change his mess arrangements. The chaplain is attempting to enlist some of the black citizens into the regiment. Shedd asks his wife for news about soldiers from Enfield.
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	1862-12-21
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Saint Augustine (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. 3; Folder Title: Oct - Dec 1862
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000045
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	St Augustine Dec 21st 1862 Sunday Dear Wife & Children I put one letter in the Office yesterday so that I might be surely in season, if the Boat went out before advertised. We are having another Big Blow a Norther, perhaps the Boat will not go out for several days. I am in fair health but Bilious [ ] to sum it up in a word I have got a liver complaint aggravated by the Climate & Food; I have no doubt if I could live as I do at home I should be hearty. If I knew that I was to stop here a year I should be tempted to have you and the Children come here. It would be a hard journey for you all & I suppose it is no use to think of such a thing as you would all feel the loss of home comforts extremely. Lt Lane & Corp Davis of Co. C. expect their wives every Boat. I should like soldiering much better if I could have you all with me. Providing you could get along with one pot (cook meat in)
Object ID	asm0383000045
Digital ID	asm03830000450001001

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