Sol Bogart to sister Martha Misemer, April 17, 1865

Sol Bogart to sister Martha Misemer, April 17, 1865

Bogart, Solomon Franklin, 1837-1915

Soldiers -- Correspondence

Unionists (United States Civil War)

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons, Confederate

United States. Army -- Southern unionists

War and families

In this letter of April 17, 1865, Solomon "Sol" Franklin Bogart (1837- 1915) writes his "Dear sister," Martha Misemer, from near Vicksburg, Mississippi where he is at Camp Fisk, a parole camp. He tells her that although they have been in prison, he is not afraid of the Confederate soldiers and shares some of the brutality he has seen in the war. He lets her know they are likely headed to Camp Chase, Ohio in a few days and enquires on the location of his father. He mentions the gun-salutes fired every day to honor the Union Generals Grant and Sherman.

Bogart, Solomon Franklin, 1837-1915

McFee-Misemer Civil War Letters

1865-04-17

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This transcription has been provided by WCU student Morgan Winstead (MA English), whose annotated version is available at http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?id=38556

Vicksburg (Miss.)

3(pages)

8.25" x 6.5(dimension)

Civil War in Southern Appalachia