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Camp Dement [Dixon, Illinois] May 17th 1861 My dear wife It will be impossible for me to leave camp saturday. they are getting very particulery about letting the officers off of duty � If you could possible come up tomorrow I should be very much pleased � What does your mother think of changing the babys milk � If there is any sick it would not be best to bring her up to stay over night � Could not you leave her at your mothers with Margret to take care of her. Emma could come up of course with you � I did intend going to the depot this morning to send word to send word by the conductor for a pass but could not get away, but will telegraph to Dr Williams this afternoon If you do not hear from me don�t let that make any differance in your arrangments � Come up if you if possible: Do! Yours affectionately Douglas [R. Bushnell, 13th Illinois Infantry]
Object Description
| Title | Bushnell, Douglas Ritchie, 1824-1863. Letters, 1861-1866. (R0675) |
| Description | These are the letters of an officer of the 13thIllinois Infantry, written during campaigns inMissouri,Arkansas,Louisiana,Mississippi,Alabama, andTennessee.Bushnell was killed in action atRinggold,Georgia, in November 1863.There are also a few letters from his wife, Emily, and other correspondents. |
| Subject.LCSH |
United States--History--Civil War--Military life United States--Social conditions--19th century |
| Keywords | Military mobilization; Visitors; Infants; 13th Illinois Infantry; Family; News; Diseases and disorders; Pay; Confederates; Union soldiers; Military camps; Bushnell, Douglas R.; Bushnell, Emily; Price, Sterling; Lyon, Nathaniel; General Totten; |
| Original Format | Manuscript (document genre) |
| Collection Number | R0675 |
| Collection Name | Bushnell, Douglas Ritchie, 1824-1863. Letters, 1861-1866. |
| Language | eng |
| Finding Aid | http://web.mst.edu/~whmcinfo/shelf27/r675/info.html |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Publisher | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Rights | This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to The State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a Joint Collection of the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri. |