Capt. Edwin Fosha U.S. Civil War letters, 1862-1864

Collection

Identifier: MS 0664

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

30 letters and envelopes written by Captain Edwin Fosha to his wife Rebecca Fosha and children in Illinois.

Dates

Creation: 1862 - 1864

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

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Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Capt. Edwin Fosha U.S. Civil War letters, 1862-1864 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Edwin J. Fosha (1826-1864) joined the 91st Illinois Infantry at Camp Butler, Ill. on September 8, 1862 leaving his wife, Rebecca, and his 2 daughters (Frances and Eva) in Morris, Illinois. His military service would take him to Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, and Brownsville, Texas. He was captured with his regiment in Kentucky in December 1862. He was on duty as paroled prisoner in Benton Barracks, Missouri until July 1863. He traveled with his regiment south to New Orleans, LA., and eventually to Brownsville, Texas. He died in the Regimetal Hospital from acute dysentery in Brownsville, Texas on March 25, 1864.