[Letter from Private Edward W. Curtis, Post Hospital,…

Edward S. Curtis • 1863

[Letter from Private Edward W. Curtis, Post Hospital, Bridgeport,…, 1863

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Handwritten letter from Union soldier and nurse Edward W. Curtis of Co. I, 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment, to his aunt about being glad to hear that the children are well, asking for more things to be sent and information on how to treat diseases, being with dying men, and enclosing a partial letter found amongst the belongings of a dead man, Benjamin A. Skinner, from his wife, Elizabeth Skinner.

1 item (6 pages on 2 sheets) ; sheet 21 x 13 cm.