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Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007_0023
Creator	Baker, Joseph D.
Title	Joseph D. Baker letter dated January 11, 1865
Subject	Baker, Joseph D.--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1865). Company C Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort)--1860-1870 Soldiers--United States--Correspondence
Description	Letter from U.S. Army soldier Joseph D. ("Dick") Baker dated January 11, 1865 to George Washington Riggs written from a camp at Savannah, Georgia. Baker indicates his health is good and that he is in good spirits. He provides a vivid account of the taking of Fort McAllister, including the bravery of his fellow soldiers, the bursting of artillery all around, and the wounding of Confederate troops. He also writes about the local women, or "Bells", and claims they have taken a liking to the Yankee soldiers.
Date Original	1865-01-11
Biographical/Historical Note	Joseph D. ("Dick") Baker was from Meigs County, Ohio. He served in the United States Army 30th Ohio Infantry, Company C. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio in August 1861. In September, they moved to West Virginia, where they saw action at Carnifex Ferry near Summersville. Throughout the remainder of the war, the regiment participated in some of the conflict's most significant battles and campaigns, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the siege of Vicksburg, and the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns. At the time this letter was written, the regiment would have just participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, the victory at Fort McAllister, and the siege of Savannah in December 1864. Beginning in January 1865, the regiment participated in the Carolinas campaign, and later moved on to Virginia, Washington, DC, Kentucky, and Arkansas before mustering out August 13, 1865.
Extent	4 scans
Format	Digital reproduction of 4-page document, 21 x 16 cm.
Publisher	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Digital	2011-07
Language	English
Type	Text
Coverage	1861-1870
Relation	Is Part Of The Civil War in Your Attic Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Related items	Item provided to The Civil War in Your Attic Project by digital donor number MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007
Rights	Permission to publish is required. Please contact Michael Scott, Digitization Supervisor/MDCH Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-545-6342, mdch@prattlibrary.org.

Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0007_0023_0001
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Transcript	Camp at Savannah, Georgia January 11, 1865 Mr. G.W. Riggs, My Worthy Friend , Having plenty of time on this dark, lonesome Southern land night, I shall attempt to drop a few to you to let you know I am well in good spirits, devalish and fat (weighing in the neighborhood of 200 lbs. minus 60 lbs.) can whip any reb that cant whip me, and go with any of the Bells of this city (if they will let me) and more than this I can get to work every day without asking to. Now if this [MS illegible] a having a nice thing of it, there is no use a talking. If we did haft to March 4 or 500 miles to get it we will work the time good while we have a chance, but as the saying is Gen Sherman has taken another crazy spell and is about to open another campaign in which he is gowing to root up the Confederacy from this part of the country through to the James River, and about the first thing that old Lee knowes he will be in the [MS illegible] of the Yankies that knows the act of stealing

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