Wilson, John D.
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Wilson Civil War letter
Collection
Identifier: 1990-0009M
Scope and Contents
Letter by Union soldier in the 102nd Regiment New York Volunteers, Company K, while stationed in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 1864 after its capture by General Sherman, written to a Chester Blackwell of Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, about the war and politics. Wilson was probably a bank clerk, which possibly explains the clear handwriting of the letter.
Dates:
1864