Letters from John Cuddy (Jan. - Feb. 1864)

Letters from John Cuddy (Jan. - Feb. 1864)
Date
January - February 1864

John Taylor Cuddy writes four letters to his family describing his experience as a soldier of the Union Army during the Civil War. Cuddy, who has only three months left in the army, also discusses whether to join the veteran corps.

Location
MC 2001.9, B1, F10
Time Period

Letters from John Cuddy (March 1863)

Letters from John Cuddy (March 1863)
Date
March 1863

John Taylor Cuddy writes six letters to his friends and family describing life as a soldier for the Union Army during the Civil War. Cuddy's letters express disillusionment with the war and a desire to be home with his family in Carlisle.

Location
MC 2001.9, B1, F7
Time Period

Letters from John Cuddy (Jan. - Feb. 1863)

Letters from John Cuddy (Jan. - Feb. 1863)
Date
January - February 1863

John Taylor Cuddy writes four letters to his friends and family describing his experience as a soldier for the Union Army during the Civil War. Cuddy mentions the places that his unit travels to as well as the battles that he is involved in.

Location
MC 2001.9, B1, F7
Time Period

John T. Cuddy papers

Letters, 1862 (Box 1, folder 4)
Collection Inventory
Date Range
1861-1864

John T. Cuddy (1844-1864) was the son of John and Agnes Cuddy of Carlisle. Not much is known about his early childhood. At the age of 16 he enlisted in a local Pennsylvania regiment as a drummer boy and thus entered the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence between Cuddy and family back in Carlisle; there are 82 letters or letter fragments in the collection. There are very few gaps in the flow of the correspondence. The last letter is from Cuddy to his parents, dated May 1, 1864, in which he expresses his earnest desire to come home. He would not return home, however; Cuddy was captured by rebel troops at the Battle of Wilderness on May 5, 1864, and subsequently died as a prisoner of war at Florence, South Carolina, on September 29, 1864. Also included are two tintype portraits of Cuddy in uniform.

Time Period
Location
MC 2001.9