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Title |
letter |
Dates of Creation |
1861 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed September 25th [186]1, from Julia Breckinridge to her husband Gilmer giving him details of life in Botetourt County, people dying, sick, having diphtheria, a mother dying after giving birth to new baby, the distress of her husband, a young lady becoming engaged to a "gentleman from Fredericksburg," getting food (sweet potatoes) from the garden, hunting for chinquapins, about several local soldiers thinking to "seat" a house in Fairfax Court House and bring their wives up to stay for a few months. Julia stopped for the night and finished the letter the next day telling about this being the anniversary of her sister's death and how much she missed her, news of their daughter Nannie starting to walk and growing so fast, about redecorating her chamber [bedroom] with new curtains and whitewashing the walls, of a traveling couple from South Carolina, the wife being a northern born woman but loves to hear "the Southern National hymns" played, hoping the Breckinridge family could visit them in South Carolina, hoping Gilmer can get a furlough and come home in November, inquires about his flannel shirts and a flannel band she had made for him to wear, comments "we must do all we can for our suffering country, although I think this is a useless and un-natural war". |
Year Range from |
1861 |
Creator |
Julia Breckinridge |
Year Range to |
1861 |
Subjects |
Baby Baby Baskets carpet Chairs Chamber (bedroom) chinquapin Christian Civil War Country Cribs Curtains Daguerreotypes Daughters Death diphtheria Distress Engagement Flannel Garden Grapes Heaven House Letter Prayer Quilts School Servants (slaves) Shirts Shoes Sick Sister Southern National hymns Stockings Sweet potatoes Table team, [horses] town Trunks Wagon Walking Weather White washing Wives |
Search Terms |
Alabama Breckinridge family Civil War letters Danville, Virginia Fairfax Court House, Fairfax County, Virginia Falls Chuch, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia Richmond South Carolina |
People |
Allen, Eva Anderson, Mrs. Anthony, Deborah Anthony, Jordan Boyd, William Breckinridge, Anna Anthony (dau. of Gilmer and Julia) Breckinridge, Eliza Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John Singleton Buford, Mr. Carr, Emma Cullen, Eva Darst, Mrs. Forbes, Col. Johnston, Henry Kean, Mrs. Keen, Dr. Keen, Mr. Mayo, Minnie Meredith, Henry Meredith, Julie Patton, Mr. Phillips, Mr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
053\196951624.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.624 |
Extent of Description |
7 1/2" x 12 1/2" four pages |