Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864; Troop movements; Richmond (Va.); Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885;
Army of Northern Virginia back around Richmond; mentions writing to his father of the battles of Spotsylvania's courthouse and those in Wilderness; Grant then changed tactics and abandoned his fortifications at Spotsylvania and moved down the...
Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Skirmishing; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Todd, George Rodgers Clarke;
Not much happening at that moment- some skirmishing but not much; received some supplies but not much; general lack of provisions; saw Dr. Todd, Mary Lincoln's brother who was a Confederate
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Religion; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Receipt of her most recent letter; still about 12 miles out of Richmond on the James River Road; scouting for the enemy; McClellan; Ambrose Everett Burnside; hope for peace soon; the Confederate Congress meeting; religious wording in letter
Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Troop movements; Health; Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863;
Glad to have received a letter from Holly Springs at last; Worries a great deal about the fate of Holly Springs with the falling back of Beauregard from Corinth; stating that they are still waiting on McClellan to advance; disease; sickness of...
Religion; Marriage; Watson, John W. C.; Troop movements; Southern States -- Identity;
Rejects idea of marriage for the present; his duties are to God, his country, and his immediate family; will stay in Virginia to fight; J.W.C. Watson; travel down to Richmond; Butler's famous canal at Dutch Gap; brass band serenaded the President;...
Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893; Christmas; Marriage; Man-woman relationships; Troop movements; Religion;
Describes his Christmas in Virginia; wanting to marry quite a bit and hoping to get mother's permission; possibility of transfer down to Mississippi; expedition down in southern Virginia and raiding; L.Q.C. Lamar; religion; having to close due to...
Virginia Military Institute; Health; Weather; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Marriage; Falconer, Kinloch, 1838-1878; Man-woman relationships; Smith, Franklin Millington; Nelson, J. H. (John Henry), b. ca. 1810; Nelson,...
Mentions Tom and his illness; possibility of Tom's going to school; Virginia Military Institute; Abraham Lincoln and election; prospects for peace; possibility of Will's marrying; winter quarters and return from the trenches; ladies returning to...
Virginia Military Institute; Health; Weather; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Marriage; Falconer, Kinloch, 1838-1878;
Mentions Tom's recent illness; writes of the upcoming session of the Virginia Military Institute; talks about moving into winter quarters and social life in Petersburg; possibility of marriage; Kinloch Falconer
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864; Health; Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Salaries, etc.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Virginia Military Institute;
Tom's illness and his wanting to enlist in the Army; Virginia Military Institute; food shortages; prices for clothing; Abraham Lincoln and the election; prospects for peace; possible visit to Petersburg; payment of salary.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864; Bombardment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Weather; Health; Money; Whitfield, Anthony Dyer;
Apologizes for not writing sooner; mentions Anthony Whitfield; presidential campaign of 1864; mentions the shelling on Petersburg; mentions social life; weather very cold; asking Tom to abandon the idea of enlisting in the Army; talks about Tom's...
Bombardment; Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Peel, Albert L.; Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of,...
Mentions what it was like to life amongst the shelling of Petersburg; mentions Jubal Early's assault into Maryland; mentions food shortage; writes about home; encloses a photograph picked up at the Wilderness and a piece of a tree cut down by...
Troop movements; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881; Parties;
Notes the movements of General Grant and Ambrose Everett Burnside; feels that another big battle is imminent; had not a chance to see his friends in the 17th Mississippi as their camp was several miles distant; gives an account of the Grand...
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Troop movements; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885;
Happy to have received letters from home; expect to daily receive marching orders; he notes that Grant has assumed command of the Army of the Potomac and will probably attack by using two or three different route; says the Army was never in better...
