John B. Foote papers

Folder Info

Title:
John B. Foote papers
Date:
1862 to 1865
Creator:
Foote, John B.
Description:
Collection includes letters to family members dating from Foote's entry into the army until his discharge. Topics including training around Washington, D.C., service at Suffolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, Va., and Folly and Charleston, S.C.; the capture of Fort Fisher; convalescence in military hospitals near Wilmington and New Bern, N.C.; camp life; confiscation of southern property; conscription of blacks; desertion; disease; health conditions; furloughs; morale; morals; prisoners; and transportation. There are a few letters from a cousin, Daniel P. Sanford, also a Union soldier, while camped at New Bern and Carolina City, N.C., relating to camp life and low pay.
Location:
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Language:
English
Extent:
86 items
Digital Collection:
John B. Foote papers, 1862-1865.
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000857085
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 000857085
  • secst0914
  • ark:/87924/r4vd70v0t
  • 8d76d96c-0990-4145-9206-ce0d2b936d00
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