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THBUnion Captain Rufus Putnam Staniels, 13th New Hampshire Infantry, 1864 ALS with Battle of Petersburg Content
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Union Captain Rufus Putnam Staniels, 13th New Hampshire Infantry, 1864 ALS with Battle of Petersburg Content
Staniels, Rufus Putnam. Captain, Company C, 13th New Hampshire Infantry. ALS, 8pp, 5 x 8 in., " Petersburg, Va. " August 3, 1864. Addressed to " My Dearest Friend, " a woman named Lina. Staniels (1833-1890) enlisted on August 29, 1862 in Concord, NH. He was mustered into the 13th New Hampshire Infantry and was promoted to 1st lieutenant in 1863. Staniels was severely wounded in June of 1864 in Cold Harbor, VA but resumed his service and was promoted to the rank of captain that July. In this letter, written shortly after his promotion, Staniels describes the transition back to his regiment after his injury and the carnage of a mine explosion during the Siege of Petersburg.
Lines of note include: " The field between the two lines was literally strewn with the dead & wounded which had been left upon the field & in some places near the fort, they lay there in piles. Several flags of truce went out from our line during the p.m. & were met midway between the lines by a Reb truce & our officers made every effort to arrange for the burial of the dead & care of the wounded, but for some reason or other it could not be satisfactorily arranged & consequently the wounded were still left to suffer untold agony. . . The smell of the dead was very offensive and it was enough to make one sick at heart to look over that field and see the poor sufferers. . . Rebs carefully raised and gave water to our wounded Negro soldiers who had been left upon the field."Creasing as expected.Condition
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