A Guide to World War I Letters of Howard F. Hudson 1918-1919 World War I, Letters, 1918-1919 10875-aq

A Guide to World War I Letters of Howard F. Hudson 1918-1919

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The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
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Accession Number 10875-aq

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10875-aq

Title

World War I Letters of Private Howard F. Hudson 1918-1919

Physical Characteristics

10 items

Language

English

Abstract

Letters from Private Howard F. Hudson from Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., and Guls, Germany, to his mother, Mrs. Anna J. Hudson, Ft. Plain, N.Y.

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Preferred Citation

Private Howard F. Hudson, Letters, 1918-1919, in The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-aq, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These letters were given to the University of Virginia Library on June 11, 1996, by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of ten letters, 1918-1919, nine from Private Howard F. Hudson, Company H, 51st Pioneer Infantry, from Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and from Guls, Germany, to his mother, Mrs. Anna J. Hudson, Ft. Plain, New York. The tenth letter, April 28, 1919, was written by Charles Wainwright, Company H, 59th Pioneer Infantry, to Mrs. Anna Hudson. Howard Hudson writes that the task of his company was to build bridges and roads (1918 Jun 16); concerning their move to New York preparatory to leaving for Europe (1918 Jul 5); being stationed at Guls, Germany, a mile from Coblenz and five miles from Rhens on the Rhine in the Army of Occupation (1919 Jan 25); and belonging to the 3rd Army, 4th Corps, and possibly coming home with the 42nd [Rainbow] Division (1919 Mar 31).