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Dates of Creation |
12/24/1862 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Bath Alum [Springs], Dec. 24th 1862 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia telling of events there, his wagon has just arrived from the west and had a [steel] tire broken coming down the mountain, the County Clerk at Warm Springs said he thinks the judgement against Lewis and Gatewood had been recorded, Gilmer plans to send the wagon home soon, about word received that the enemy is gathering at Strasburg to attack Staunton or perhaps [Gen.] Burnside is planning a new route to Richmond or maybe an attack on Bedford where he could destroy the railroad and the canal below Buchanan, that the pay master is expected soon to pay the men, remarks about Uncle Jordan,14 cakes of chocolate, and not having milk to make it with. |
Year Range from |
1862 |
Creator |
Gilmer Breckinridge |
Year Range to |
1862 |
Subjects |
Books Canal Chess men Chocolate Clerk of the county court damsons Destroy Dispatch Enemy Horses Jars Judgment mashed Milk Money Mountains Paymaster Pianos Press (wardrobe) Railroad recorded legal document Retreats, Military Supplies Tires Troops Wagons |
Search Terms |
Bath Alum Springs, Virginia Bedford County, Virginia Breckinridge family Buchanan, Virginia Civil War letters Richmond, Virginia Staunton, Virginia Strasburg, Virginia Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia |
People |
Anthony, Jordan Booker (servant?) Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Burnside, General Joe, (slave of Cary Breckinridge) Lee, Robert E, General Lewis and Gatewood Strother, [Breckinridge slave] Woodville, Dr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
058\196951675.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.675 |
Extent of Description |
8" x 10" single sheet |