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Letters from home

Date
  • 1911/1940
Description
  • Letters from home were a great factor in keeping up the morale of the army. Wheresoever the Armies might be located, however far removed from railroads or from the ordinary means of communication the soldier boy always expected to receive his mails. Each regiment in the field had a special postmaster. He sold stamps to the man, recevied their letters and at stated periods made trips to what would be established as a sort of main post office. The man designated as the postmaster of the regiment was generally relieved from all other duties. At times, it was an arduous task for the mail wagons to transport the accumulated mail over bad roads, and several trips might have to be made for the purpose of securing all that was lying at some distant point.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:40:44
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 61 - Civil War
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/30/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (25 Apr 2024). Letters from home Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715v67k

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Letters from home" Oregon Digital. 25 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715v67k

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Letters from home" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715v67k

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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