Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Cuppy, John W. Letter, 19 September 1862. 4 pp.

Call No.

Mss. C C

Content

Cuppy, a hospital steward assigned to headquarters staff, 104th Ill. Infantry Rgt., writes from Camp Gilbert, Jeffersonville, IN. He describes the abrupt departure of his regiment across the Ohio River, landing at the Louisville (KY) wharf that day. He has been left in camp to care for the sick.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865