Warren Fowler letter seeking help, 1863
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Warren Fowler of the 15th Maine Regiment wrote to the Maine Agency of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in January 1863 seeking back pay to send to his wife.
Fowler, about whom few records exist, apparently was in a hospital and described his condition as "filth and misery." He wrote, "I am very unwell -- almost am quite a cripple sleeping on the naked floor i have no clothes to change..."
He wrote that he had been at the facility for three months and that "i wish i was well it would be pleasure to me to meet the enemy in preference to what i suffer."
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- Title: Warren Fowler letter seeking help, 1863
- Creator: Fowler, Warren
- Creation Date: 1863-01-25
- Subject Date: 1863
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 24.7 x 18.6
- Local Code: Coll. 1533, Box 1/1
- Collection: Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
- Object Type: Text
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LC Subject Headings
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1866)--Salaries, etc.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States Sanitary Commission
Wages
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
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