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Autograph letter signed

To his wife

17 May 1862

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Mail call and man's epileptic seizure, rumor of Richmond's capture, news accounts of battle at Camden.

GLC04558.024

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

To his wife

30 May 1862

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Farm work (neighbors helped put-in crops), more rumors of Richmond's capture, drills, call for 100,000 men: "I think that the best way to end the concern [of enough men] would be to enlist and arm the contrabands for all the darkeys I have talked...

GLC04558.025

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Autograph letter signed

To his wife

2 June 1862

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Home affairs: children, horses, business deals. Food: "We have plenty of salt pork, bacon, and beef there has been a lot of fat cattle brought here which they butcher so as to have fresh beef twice a week.... We get a kind of conglomerated...

GLC04558.026

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

To his wife

14 June 1862

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Short letter about going to hospital with diarrhea. Top of the letter is torn.

GLC04558.027

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

To his wife

28 June 1862