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This letter was written by Daniel L. Chandler from Paola, Kansas, to John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. The first portion of Chandler's letter describes a young soldier named James, apparently recuperating from illness and under Brown's care and supervision in Lawrence. Chandler speaks of promotions and new officers in the army and his contentment with his "humble position" as hospital steward. He also writes of his popularity with the troops and his efforts to obtain "comforts" for them.
Creator: Chandler, Daniel L.
Date: April 22, 1862
Item Number: 220246
Call Number: John Stillman Brown Coll. #300, Box 2, Correspondence Jan.-June, 1862
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220246
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John Stillman
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Education - Rural
Environment - Weather
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Cities and towns - Wyandotte
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Miami
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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