Christopher Wren Bunker letters
Published: 1863
Language: eng
Subjects: Bunker, Christopher Wren.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Military life.; Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence.; Camp Chase (Ohio); Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: Seven letters, 1863-1864, from Christopher Wren Bunker serving in Tennessee and Virginia to his sister, and one letter, 14 October 1864, from Bunker in prison to his father, mother, brother, and sisters. The letters describe the weather and conditions in the army and give news of friends. The letter from prison discloses that Bunker had been captured and had been ill with smallpox at Camp Chase.