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Dates of Creation |
06/16/1862 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed June 16th [1862] to Eliza Breckinridge from her sister in law Julia requesting news from Grove Hill and telling that her husband Gilmer is getting ready to go to Richmond to see if he can get a position in the Confederate Army as Quartermaster. Talks of plans for an army hospital to be located in Buchanan and the problems they may have furnishing provisions, tells of trying to help wounded soldiers, one a man from Kentucky who was wounded on the ship Louisiana, trying to get domestic wine for him and how expensive it is, but when he needed ice, he got a flour barrel of it free from Mr. Woltz in Fincastle, about Aunt D sent a letter from Richmond telling of her visit to see John in the hospital before he died and how brave he was, closes with a few words about Gilmer and his plans to go to Richmond. |
Year Range from |
1862 |
Creator |
Julia Breckinridge |
Year Range to |
1862 |
Subjects |
Book & magazine posters Books Bottles Box Canal Canal boats Cars ( Railroad ) Depot domestic wine flour barrels Horseback Hospitals Hospitals, Military Ice Navigation patience Quartermaster Rivers Soldiers Suffering Supplies |
Search Terms |
Breckinridge family Civil War letters Buchanan, VA Richmond, Virginia Kentucky Fincastle Grove Hill Grove Hill (residence) |
People |
Anthony, Deborah Anthony, Jordan Breckinridge, Eliza Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Breckinridge, Lucy ? Byrd, Anderson Cousin Lucy Nightingale, Florence Thompson, Ann Whittle, Capt. Woltz, Mr. Woodville, Mary Ann Breckinridge |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
058\196951662.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.662 |
Extent of Description |
7 1/2" x 12 1/2" single sheet |