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Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, February 4, 1863

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, February 4, 1863
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/63feb04.html
Summary	Shedd reports receiving a box sent from home with boots, shoes and other needed items. He comments on the fine workmanship of the footwear and how much the items sent remind him of home. He discusses the reinforcements at Hilton Head and predicts that Charleston may go the way of Richmond.
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	1863-02-04
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Saint Augustine (Florida)
Physical description	1 letter (2 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. 4; Folder Title: Jan - Feb 1863
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000050
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	Dear Wife I was very happy to receive the Box you sent which arrived on the Steamer Delaware, last night I got it about the middle of the A.M. & as we have been on Batallion Drill with other duties I have not had time to write today and as the Boat leaves in the morning & I also on guard so that I write a line tonight, saying that all the things in the Box came all safe & in good order, I am very much pleased & thank you for your trouble the Boots & Shoes fit me first rate & I am better pleased with them than I thought to be they fit better than ever a shoemaker measure did I think for the future I shall measure myself, I have has so good luck, give my respects to the man that made them for the good workmanship. I assure you when I saw those things I thought of Home. Sam is very much pleased with his things; the Box had been opened & the Butter jar looked into but I guess they did not find anything contraband for I believe everything in the schedule has arrived I am writing with my slippers on & they are very comfortable, it is blowing a gale the Boat may not leave in the morning but as I am on guard I shall not have time
Object ID	asm0383000050
Digital ID	asm03830000500001001

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