Henry Adicks papers, 1863-2010 (bulk, 1863-1866)

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Adicks, Henry, 1843-1864. Henry Adicks papers, 1863-2010 (bulk, 1863-1866)

Henry Adicks papers, 1863-2010 (bulk, 1863-1866)

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Letters of Henry Adicks include 19 May 1864, Bermuda Hundreds Camp, Near Drewry's Bluff (Chesterfield County, Va.), to his mother, reporting on the hardships of "soldiering," including sleeping without tents in the woods, noting that they had encountered nothing but bad weather since leaving James Island, S.C., and telling of plunder captured when Confederates raided a Yankee encampment, "the Yankees... live good out heare they have coffee, sugar, consecrated milk, splendid Biscuit and they also have Irish Potatoes & Bacon." Letter, 20 [June] 1864, Camp Near Petersburg, Va., to his mother, noting that he had been unwell and that brother Carsten was confined to Jackson Hospital in Richmond; 11 Aug. 1864, "In line of Battle Near Petersburg Va.," to his mother, commenting on the inflated cost of food, rice $2 a pound and peas $2 or $3 a quart, and that soldiers were occasionally getting wheat biscuits instead of corn bread; 11 Aug. 1864, "In Line of Battle Near Petersburg," to his uncle, Carsten Voss, urging his uncle and aunt to write soon and anticipating a Yankee evacuation within a few weeks; 23 July [18]64, Near Petersburg, Va., to his mother, on verso of Friedericke Voss Adicks' letter, 16 July 1864, written to Henry Adicks from Summerville, S.C., with reference to fighting on Johns Island (S.C.); and undated fragment to Henry's sister, Annie Rebecca Adicks, on verso of letter to younger brother George Otto Adicks. Also includes unsigned letter, 9 June 1863, Jackson Hospital near Richmond, Va., Carsten Adicks, to his mother, reporting that he had been hospitalized with severe diarrhea and was hoping for a medical discharge or furlough, asking that his mother corroborate his claim that he was only 17 years old, and noting that he was receiving good food and a brandy toddy every day and was "very well satisfied to stay here all togeather"; undated 19th-century notice of Henry Adicks' death at Fair Ground Hospital, Petersburg, Va., possibly copied from a newspaper; and letter, 30 Apr. [18]83, from H.W. Taylor, Summit (Lexington County, S.C.), requesting postmaster's help in locating Friedericke Adicks' mailing address and noting that he possessed a book given to him by Henry Adicks at the time he was wounded. Nineteenth-century manuscripts are supplemented by specimen typewritten transcriptions by Evelyn Rees Burt, ca. 1950, and letter, 16 Mar. 2010, from donor Richard R. Adicks, Oviedo, Fla., providing information on the Adicks family and manuscripts.

13 items (1 folder).

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