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Dates of Creation |
06/03/1864 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Grove Hill June 3rd 1864 from Emma W. G. Breckinridge to her son George telling of her despair that his older brother Gilmer was probably mortally wounded in action [In fact he died at Kennon's Landing on May 24, 1864] but his wife Julia was dreaming that he was wounded and still alive, tells of Yankee troops raiding in Botetourt County, and they lost quite a bit, but hid clothes, bottles of wine, guns, carpets in the office behind a trap door that was papered over and was not discovered by the Yankee raiders, tells of Julia losing all her jewelry and silver and even her only "likeness" of Gilmer which only increased her distress to think he has been killed, one pair of sugar tongs were recovered from a captured Yankee and the young soldier named Saunders from Wood County, returned the tongs to Julia when she inquired about it, one of the slaves had picked up a load of [artillery] shells at Bonsack and it was left on a nearby farm, when the Yankees arrived he took them to the location, where they burned the powder, but did not take time to get revenge on the people who were delivering it, mentions that they lost eight of their horses to local stragglers, but have 2 beautiful colts, expresses her love for him in closing. |
Year Range from |
1864 |
Creator |
Emma W. G. Breckiridge |
Year Range to |
1864 |
Subjects |
"woman to nurse me" bed clothes Borrowing Bottles carpet Cheat Clothing Corn cribs Dogs Dreaming Enemy Food Guns Horses Jewelry Likeness (picture) Money Office Provisions Roads Safes Shells (Ammunition) Silver Stragglers sugar tongs (silver) Surgeon Trap doors Wheat Wine Wounded Yankees |
Search Terms |
Bonsack, Virginia Breckinridge family Grove Hill (residence) Ransom's Calvary Richmond Wood County, Viginia |
People |
Booker (servant?) Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, George ( William ) Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Cabell, Mr. Cabell, Mrs. Foster Frank, Capt. Joshua (slave of Breckinridge family) Lewis, Colonel Saunders, Mr.? Stanley, Capt. Strother, Mr. Willis, slave of Cary Breckinridge Wilson, house servant (slave, Gilmer and Breckinridge) Woltz, John Woodbridge, Mr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
064\196951723.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.723 |
Extent of Description |
6" x 15" single sheet |