Title	Samuel DeForest Woodford to Mary Elizabeth Fuller Woodford, Letter, December 30, 1863
Creator	Woodford, Samuel
Date Created	1863-12-30
Subject (FAST)	American Civil War (1861-1865) POWS (Prisoners of war) Confederate States of America. Army Belle Isle (Prison) Prisoner-of-war escapes Rheumatism Military hospitals
Subject (Places)	Annapolis (Anne Arundel, MD) St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) Belle Isle (Richmond, VA)
Subject (Local)	Benjamin Giles Casler
Item Description	Samuel Woodford writes to his wife Mary at the end of December 1863, as a continuation of a letter he wrote the day prior. He provides a brief overview of the conditions on Belle Isle, where he lived as a prisoner for over six months. His health is in decline due to extended periods of sleeping on wet ground. He fears that the delay of a letter from home means something terrible has happened, but he continues to hope for the best and asks for news.
Collection Description	This is a part of the larger Samuel DeForest Woodford Collection, available at the Center for Western Studies. Samuel Woodford served nearly the entire Civil War as a member of Company I, 154th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. The collection consists of 65 letters, mostly to his wife during 1863-1864, and a short journal in which he details his escape from a Confederate prison in October 1863.
Type	Letter
Format - Digital	Text/PDF
Identifier	30300_B1_F8_A004
Language	English
Collection	Woodford, Samuel DeForest Collection
Contributing Institution	Center for Western Studies, Augustana University
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OCLC number	982700321

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Samuel DeForest Woodford to Mary Elizabeth Fuller Woodford, Letter, December 30, 1863

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