Mother I take my pencil to write a few words

Overview

Creator:

Sunderland, Darwin

Subject:

Sunderland, Darwin

Coverage:

Brandy Station, VA

Source:

Original letter: pencil on paper, 1 p.

Language:

English

Transcript

Camp 106th Regt. N. Y. V.
Brandy Station Dec 3rd/63
Mother
I take my pencil to write a few words to let you know that I am not hurt but I am pretty tired so you will not expect a long letter. We had one pretty smart little battle in which I was a pertaker[.] my Capt was wounded[,] one tent mate killed and one man stood so close that his clothes and rifle touched was wounded[.] our loss in the papers is stated at 225 but it will reach 1500[,] so much for the papers[.] I will not attemped [attempt] to give the particulars to day[.] But there was some pretty sharp hand to hand fighting you can bet on that and be shure to win[.] we are now on our olo old camp ground that we left jest a week ago this morning[.] I will close and give you the particulars soon[.] This from your son
D. W. S.

Possibly Captain Peter Robertson U.S.A. of Company C of the 106th New York

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Date Original (Precise):

December 3, 1863

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Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.

Date Digital:

September 28, 2011

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image/jpeg

Type:

Text

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