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Dates of Creation |
05/02/1862 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Before Breakfast, Grove Hill, May 2nd, 1862 from Lucy Breckinridge to her brother John telling of the news in Fincastle (not much) as the roads have been so bad, they cannot travel, church is having a revival in town, with a good many professing religion including Fanny Pitzer and Charlie Williams, Mr. Godwin has closed his store, some are worried about the Yankees coming, but Lucy says we have a "Stonewall" [Jackson] to protect us, tells of a cold born with very long legs and a very short neck, so that it cannot get its head to the ground to eat grass, so there feeding him only milk. Pa has acquired a beautiful horse to send to Cary, announces a rumor that Cary has been appointed Lt. Colo. of the 5th Virginia Regiment. Lucy's mother adds a few sentences at the end of this letter telling food and clothing they have to send to her sons as soon as they can find a suitable way to ship it, her hope for her sons to get promotions in their units, "Price has left the Dragoons and is at home now", of "prayers are offered that you may be kept safely through the dangers to which you are exposed". |
Year Range from |
1862 |
Creator |
Lucy and Emma W. G. Breckinridge |
Year Range to |
1862 |
Subjects |
Account (literary) Bad roads Breakfast Camp Captain Clothes Clothing Colts Company Danger Dragoons First Lieutenant Food Grass Horse horse, named Rebel Knee Letter Lieutenant-Colonel Milk Officials, Government Prayer Religion Revivals Road Road conditions Stone walls Store Sugar Visit wagoner Yankees |
Search Terms |
5th Virginia Regiment Breckinridge family Camp Taylor Civil War letters Fincastle, Virginia Gordonsville, Virginia Grove Hill (residence) Lexington Shiloh Yorktown, Virginia |
People |
Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Breckinridge, Eliza Breckinridge, Emma Jane Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, George ( William ) Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Breckinridge, Lucy ? Gilmer, Isabella (wife of Harmer) (Belle) Gilmer, Lizzie Godwin, Mr. Griffin, Mr.? Pitzer, Fanny Prince, Mr. Williams, Charles Woodville, Mary Ann Breckinridge |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
058\196951658.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.658 |
Extent of Description |
7 1/2" x 7 1/2" single sheet |