John C. Dinsmore to Jane Dinsmore, John C. Dinsmore Papers

This is a letter from Captain John C. Dinsmore at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his wife, Jane Dinsmore of Pike County, Illinois, dated June 8, 1863. Dinsmore served in the U.S. Army, Captain of Company E, 99th Illinois Infantry Regiment. He resigned his commission in 1864. In this letter Dinsmore explains to his wife that his regiment is very unhappy with the administration's war policy and those who voice opposition are considered "copperheads" by a small number of those in favor of the administration's decisions. (See page two. For more from the John C. Dinsmore Papers please see 1118458 and 1118457. Transcription provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and the White House Historical Association.)