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Calvin Shedd letter to family, May 4, 1862

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to family, May 4, 1862
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/62may04.html
Summary	Newspapers have finally reached the fort by mail and Shedd is happy for news but sad for the casualties. He discusses the plight of an officer attempting to resign after the death of his child. There is no sign of a pay day.
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	1862-05-04
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Fort Jefferson (Florida)
Physical description	1 letter (8 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. 2; Folder Title: May - Sep 1862
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000029
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	Fort Jefferson May 4th 1862 My Dear Family I am extremely happy to acknowledge the rect of four letters & seven Papers three letters from you & one from Mr Huse for which please give him & take for yourselves many thanks. I continue in good health & spirits, with an increasing love for the old Stars-Stripes. The Papers I have recd give the first particulars I have heard of the great Battle at Pittsburg. we are joyfull for the victory but sad on acct of the fearfull slaughter; So many men hurled into eternity on acct of the Cursed system of Slavery. Tell everybody that I am in favor of wiping out the whole thing root & branch, there will never be a better time or one more favorable In this Mail I recd yours of the 7th 15th & 21st of Apr. I am much pained
Object ID	asm0383000029
Digital ID	asm03830000290001001

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