Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Fish, William W., b. ca. 1843. Letter, 15 August 1863. ALS, 2 pp.
Call No.
Mss. C F
Content
A private in the 11th New Hampshire Infantry, Fish writes to his father from Covington, Ky. He reports that his unit has just returned after serving at Vicksburg. He notes that the regiment was transported by river from Snyders Bluff, Miss. to Cairo, Ill. before resuming their eastward journey to Cincinnati by rail. They then crossed the Ohio River and went into camp. He states that many men in the regiment were sick due to the Mississippi climate. The letter was sent during the lull between the Vicksburg Campaign and Gen. Ambrose Burnside's advance into East Tennessee.