Samuel J. Keller to Melvina E. Keller, 25 November 1861
                                                                      Camp Suliven Inda Nov 25 1861
 
                                                                                                                        Deare Malvina
we are all here in camp and well and the boys are all as merry as kittens if you coulde just heare them as I do at this time it is about 8 oclock at night and heare two or three hundred men singing all around. the Bluffton boys of my Company have all got there uniforms and more than they can eate this Ind citty is a nice place I think we will be back next week if so I think I will go by Fort Wayne and get Harters to go over with me make your selve contented for I ame doing well I hope you are all well and doing well also as I am in a hurry I will close
 
            my love to you all
                                    Sam J Keller
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(2344)DL0522.00343Letters1861-11-25

Letter From Captain Samuel J. Keller, 47th Indiana Infantry, Camp Sullivan, Indiana, November 25, 1861, to His Wife Malvina E. Keller, Bluffton, Indiana; Accompanied by Cover


Tags: High Morale, Music

People - Records: 2

  • (883) [writer] ~ Keller, Samuel J.
  • (884) [recipient] ~ Keller, Melvina E.

Places - Records: 2

  • (123) [origination] ~ Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
  • (807) [destination] ~ Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

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Samuel J. Keller to Melvina E. Keller, 25 November 1861, DL0522.003, Nau Collection