1864-01-28 Letter from Darwin Babbitt

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1864-01-28 Letter from Darwin Babbitt

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Title: 1864-01-28 Letter from Darwin Babbitt

Collection Number: MS 69-117

Scope and Content: Letter from Darwin Babbitt to his parents dated January 28, 1864. In this letter, he discusses the weather, Confederate deserters, Union soldiers fighting for the Confederacy, and desiring a package full of supplies (including clothing, books, and boots, sewing kits, and apples).

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 5th Michigan Cavalry

Subject: traitor

Subject: weather

Subject: Confederate Army

Subject: deserters

Subject: supplies

Subject: postal service

Subject: clothes

City: Stevensburg (Va.)

Subject Name: Babbitt, Darwin H.

Subject Name: Babbitt, Samuel A.

Inclusive Dates: January 28, 1864

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Babbitt, Darwin H. Ypsilanti. Enlisted in company K, Fifth Cavalry, Aug. 21, 1862, at Detroit, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Sept. 2, 1862. Taken prisoner at Hawes' Shop, Va., May 28, 1864. Released Jan. 27, 1865. Mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 22, 1865.

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