1863-08-11 Letter from Nelson Ainslie

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1863-08-11 Letter from Nelson Ainslie

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Title: 1863-08-11 Partial Letter from Nelson Ainslie

Collection Number: MS 87-159

Scope and Content: Partial Letter from Nelson Ainslie to his wife, Mary Ann, dated August 11, 1863 while encamped at Franklin, Tennessee. In this letter, Ainslie shares with his wife a dream he had about her as well as his homesickness. He also is dismayed that there are no huckleberries down South, but there are wild blackberries, which the troop is unable to get because they are outside the camp line. This letter is missing pages 2 and 3.

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 14th Michigan Infantry

Subject: camp life

Subject: regimental history

Subject: food

Subject: homesickness

Subject Name: Ainslie, Nelson

Subject Name: Ainslie, Mary Ann

Inclusive Dates: August 11, 1863

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: Oakland County. Enlisted in company I, Fourteenth Infantry, Dec. 21, 1861, at Pontiac, for 3 years, age 37. Mustered Feb. 13, 1862. On duty with Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, March 19th, 1864. Discharged at expiration of term of service at Detroit, Mich., March 27, 1865. Died April 27, 1899. Buried at Charlevoix, Mich.

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630811 Nelson Ainslie

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