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Title |
Letter from Fleming Saunders at Warm Springs, Virginia to His Mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders, Describing His Travels from Sewell Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) to Millboro, Virginia, to Obtain Winter Supplies for the Army; Replying to News of a Sister's Illness, and Praising the Quality of Medical Care for the Confederate Soldiers |
Dates of Creation |
October 27, 1861 |
Scope & Content |
Letter from Fleming Saunders at Warm Springs, Virginia, to his mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders, describing his travels from Sewells Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) by way of Greenbrier Bridge and Warm Springs to Millboro, Virginia to obtain winter supplies and clothing for the army; replying to news of his sister's illness, saying that General Loring had denied his request for leave to return home to see her and asking his mother to write him at Millboro; and praising the quality of the medical care for the Confederate soldiers. His letter is written on pale blue laid woven stationary, with darker blue ruled lines on the first three pages. Single embossing is pressed through all four pages. Embossing seal shows two symbols connected by six dots, and the initials P & S beneath. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document. |
Year Range from |
1861 |
Creator |
Saunders, Fleming |
Year Range to |
1861 |
Subjects |
Agents Army Battle Beds Business Camping grounds Casualties Civil War Commission Communication Correspondence Diet Enemy Families Frost Furlough Hospitals Ice Leave of absence Letter Logistics March, Military Mountains Quartermaster Regiments Sickness Soldiers Supplies Transportation Travel Troops Wagon trains Wartime Water Winter Winter clothing Wood |
Search Terms |
Greenbrier Bridge, Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Greenbrier River, Virginia (now West Virginia) Millboro, Bath County, Virginia Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia |
People |
Loring, [William Wing] Saunders, Alice (Watts) Saunders, F. [Fleming] Saunders, Peter Saunders, Robert [Chandler] |
Collection |
Flat Creek Collection |
Imagefile |
045\2010049085.JPG |
Number of images |
7 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
2010.49.085 |
Extent of Description |
1 sheet embossed blue lined paper, folded, text sides 1-4, size 8" x 10" |