Herbert Fowler papers, 1898.

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Herbert Fowler papers, 1898.

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The Herbert Fowler Papers contain twenty-one letters written in 1898 during the Spanish American War. Herbert Fowler wrote fifteen of the letters, the majority of them are to his mother, Francis Carr Fowler. Written from April 30, 1898 to August 11, 1898, they detail the movements of his company from to Springfield, Ill. to the trenches of Santiago. In the letters he describes the living conditions of the soldiers, the sickness that went through the camps, his daily schedule, training exercises, the landscape, and the weather.

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University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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Fowler, Herbert George, 1873-1960.

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Herbert George Fowler was born April 3, 1873 in Chicago, Ill. to Charles and Francis Carr Fowler. On April 26, 1898 he was enrolled as a Corporal of Company L of the First Regiment of the Illinois Infantry Volunteers to serve two years or the duration of the Spanish American War. As a part of the First Regiment he travled from Springfield, Ill. to Chickamauga, Ga. to Picnic Island in Tampa, Fla., and eventually to action in the trenches of Santiago. He was discharged from service on November 17,...

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