Robert Cruikshank, letter
July 9, 1863
“I have but one shirt with me, a calico one. Every night I have gone to a stream, taken it off, washed it, wrung the water out of it and put it on again, letting it dry on me.”
Author
Name: Robert Cruikshank
Unit: 123rd Regiment New York Infantry, Co. H
Document Information
Type: Letter
Subject(s):
- Soldier Life/Camp Life
Event Location: Washington Co., MD
Document Origin: Boonsboro; Middletown, Washington Co., MD
Source
Robert Cruikshank to Mary Cruikshank. July 9, 1863. Transcribed by Barry Cruikshank. Columbus, OH: ehistory at the Ohio State University. Obtained from http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/letters/cruikshank/index.cfm. Accessed on February 9, 2010.
