1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/8381da687e44cdda6fd0033a2494ec54.jpg c7c1a6be0c131b65d11e64c77a7144b5 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/093fb44d2c9c0a483255d17beb8edba1.jpg 115f3af31ba29d8e991cf4d1c48f5125 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/c6e24ee708a6106fed48ff14ec4bfc04.jpg 4c3106278eb569a8d9d5413807fc2dd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lewis Wood Letters, 1862-1863 (Ms1991-011) Subject The topic of the resource Civil war Description An account of the resource Lewis Wood was a private in Company K of the 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, possibly serving as the company's cook. He entered service at age 37 as a member of Company K on August 24, 1861, and was transferred to Company H on February 17, 1863. On April 20, 1864, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. <br /><br />Lewis married a woman named Harriet A., and they may have had a daughter named Mary Louisa Wood. He died in 1897. He is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Geneva, Ohio. <br /><br />Additional information about Lewis Wood is available in the Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. XI, on pages 93 and 104. <br /><br />The collection consists of eight letters written by Wood to his wife Harriet A. Wood, in Unionville, Ohio. Seven of the eight letters were written in January and February 1862, from Camp Dennison, Ohio; en route to Missouri; and in Hudson, Platte City, and Kansas City, Missouri. The last letter was written on April 9, 1863, from Covington, Kentucky. Wood makes no mention of battles or skirmishes that his regiment might have been involved in, but the letters portray accounts of movements of the company, daily routine activities and items of his personal interest. He writes about purchasing food and other necessary items and mentions points of interest as they travel by railroad cars. Tunnels, rivers, and the prairie fascinate Private Wood, since these are new sights. The February 16, 1862, letter includes an interesting account of a slave auction in Platte City, Missouri, in which a woman and children were sold, and with the information that the latter were the children of the man who sold them. Wood's letters reveal a phonetic use of the English language and a general lack of knowledge of spelling or grammar. He uses combinations of vowels and consonants to acquire the words he wishes to express. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wood, Lewis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1822.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the finding aid for the Lewis Wood Letters.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862/1863 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission to publish material from the Lewis Wood letters must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms1991-011 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Lewis Wood Letters, Ms1991-011, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, Lewis Wood to his wife from Platte City, Missouri, February 16, 1862 (Ms1991-011) Subject The topic of the resource Civil War Slavery--United States Description An account of the resource A two page letter from Lewis Wood to his wife detailing an experience he had at a slave auction. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wood, Lewis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00021.xml" target="_blank">See the finding aid for the Lewis Wood Letters</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-02-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission to publish material from the Lewis Wood letters must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Type The nature or genre of the resource Letters Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms1991-011_F01_Letter_1862_0216 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Lewis Wood Letters, Ms1991-011, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.