Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Robert Edward Lee Watkins Letter to his Mother, 1898 Dec. 23
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id300245
Scope and Contents
Watkins writes from Havana, Cuba while serving in the military during the Spanish-American War (Second Lt. in Co. I of the 4th Va. Regiment). The second page describes how the Cubans cheered the Americans on their march from ship to camp and how uncomfortable winter-weight uniforms were in the tropics.
Dates:
1898 Dec. 23