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[Collection of Alfred Hughes] [decimalized .01-.114]

Letters to his wife Mary Hughes. Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The...

GLC02166

to Mary Hughes

Conditions at Camp Chase.

GLC02166.001

to Mary Hughes

"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.

GLC02166.005

to Mary Hughes

Responding to receipt of two letters from home.

GLC02166.009

to Mary Hughes

Sundays in prison.

GLC02166.010

to Alfred Hughes

Not receiving the Intelligencer. With pencil note by N.A. Gray, examiner at Camp Chase.

GLC02166.018

to My Dear Sister

Requesting a second copy of the suppressed letter be sent via D. B. Tiffany.

GLC02166.021

to Mary Hughes

Enduring Sundays in prison; mending his own clothes; receiving newspapers.

GLC02166.032

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning his wife against a relapse; discussion of a passage from the Columbus Journal about the release of 140 citizen prisoners.

GLC02166.043

to Mary Hughes

Hopes of hearing from his wife soon, speculations as to why citizens are no longer being arrested and required to take the oath.

GLC02166.044

to Mary Hughes

More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.

GLC02166.056

to Mary Hughes

Daily devotions; sensing his wife is unwell before she has told him; more medical advice.

GLC02166.057

to Alfred Hughes

Behavior of their son Tommy and news of the other children; making clothes for her husband; her health.

GLC02166.068

to Tom Bira

With postscript to Frank M. Myers. Inquiring whether Myers was seen before or after Bull Run.

GLC02166.077

to Mary Hughes

Religious interpretation of premonitions; evening prayer service; false reports in the Wheeling Intelligencer.

GLC02166.087

to Mary Hughes

Concerns over his and his wife's health; wishing not to give his wife false hopes of his release; fluctuation in the price of gold.

GLC02166.090

to Mary Hughes

Rev. Dr. Baldwin's sermon; 12th chapter of Romans; his weight and measurements; advising his wife not to have contact with those who have taken the oath.

GLC02166.093

to Mary Hughes

Replacing Judge Hitchcock with Samuel F. Galloway; new progress in examining cases and increase in released prisoners; future reunion with fellow prisoners; translations of the Lord's Prayer.

GLC02166.096

to Mary Hughes

Departure of Rev. Drs. Baldwin, Wharton, Saurie, and Ford.

GLC02166.098

to Mary Hughes

Good health despite the cold weather; improved opinion of his children's pictures; confidence that authorities in Richmond will release him.

GLC02166.100

to Mary Hughes

Study of the Bible. With autograph note signed of Tiffany on page 4 about advising Mrs. Hughes to come to Columbus, as her husband has been paroled.

GLC02166.110

to Mary Hughes

Making acquaintances Confederate prisoners.

GLC02166.002

to Mary Hughes

Making a ring as a memento of his imprisonment.

GLC02166.011

to Colonel C.W.B. Allison

Reason for imprisonment.

GLC02166.014

to Mary Hughes

Declining her offer to send his easy chair.

GLC02166.016

to Post Master, Columbus, Ohio

Inquiring after failure to deliver the Intelligencer to Alfred Hughes. With reply by postmaster on same page.

GLC02166.019

to Mary Hughes

Health of his wife and children; financial matters at home; cramped conditions in prison; discouraging his wife from sending items from home.

GLC02166.022

to Joseph Bell

Order for dividends.

GLC02166.023

to Mary Hughes

His health; his wife's employment; false friends; shirts, honey, and newspapers from home.

GLC02166.024

to Mrs. Judge Thompson.

Canceling request for aid in securing parole from prison.

GLC02166.026

to Mary Hughes

Urging his wife to write regularly; fellow inmate's decision to take the oath [of allegiance?], and Hughes' opinion in the matter.

GLC02166.035

to Mary Hughes

Questioning the arrest of a released inmate's daughter.

GLC02166.039

to Mary Hughes

Receiving no newspapers; mending his own clothes.

GLC02166.046

to Mary Hughes

Joy at receiving two of her letters; urging her to have patience.

GLC02166.050

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning her against developing a "nervous" condition; self-preservation; arrival of political prisoners from Louisville.

GLC02166.058

to Mary Hughes

Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.

GLC02166.063

to Mary Hughes

Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.

GLC02166.067

to Mary Hughes

Subtle change in prisoner conduct; politics in sermons.

GLC02166.073

to Mary Hughes

Release of Judge Thompson; comments about his children.

GLC02166.074

to Mary Hughes

More discussion of Judge [Thompson]'s departure from Camp Chase; requesting better photographs of his children.

GLC02166.083

to Mary Hughes

Planned escape by several prisoners through a tunnel (unsuccessful because plans were divulged by fellow prisoners); inquiring after Judge Thompson.

GLC02166.088

to Mary Hughes

Receipt of the Wheeling Intelligencer; Rev. Dr. Baldwin.

GLC02166.092

to Mary Hughes

Concerns over irregular mail delivery; no desire to spend the winter in prison; discussion of a letter by Judge Thompson. With autograph note signed by D.B. Tiffany on page 4 assuring Mrs. Hughes of the comfort of her husband's quarters.

GLC02166.094

to Mary Hughes

Continued efforts to secure parole or exchange; release of 15-20 prisoners daily on oath and bond; urging her to protect her health and the children's health.

GLC02166.104

to My Own Dear Mother

Death of their son Allie in a fire.

GLC02166.111

to Lizzie Hughes

Fatherly sentiments to his daughter.

GLC02166.003

to Mary Hughes

Repainting a buggy at home.

GLC02166.008

to Mary Hughes

Sending four rings for those at home.

GLC02166.017

to Mary Hughes

News in the Cincinnati Gazette pertaining to exchange of prisoners.

GLC02166.025

to Mary Hughes

Delay in receiving mail.

GLC02166.030

to Mary Hughes

Thanking her for the shirt she sent; advising her on various matters at home (ie. school for the children, the horse and buggy, accounts, etc.)

GLC02166.040

to Mary Hughes

Receipt of his wife's latest letter; with autograph note signed by D.B. Tiffany, Prison Postmaster, attesting the frequency of Dr. Hughes's letters.

GLC02166.048

to Mary Hughes

Departure of the POW's for Vicksburg; criticizing the political prisoners who chose to take the oath; deciding the fate of those who choose not to take the oath.

GLC02166.049

to Mary Hughes

Darning and mending; prescriptions for headache and sore throat trouble; dental work.

GLC02166.064

to Mary Hughes

Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).

GLC02166.065

to Mary Hughes

Soldiers who neglected to visit his wife while in Wheeling; various issues with their children; his wife's health.

GLC02166.072

to My dear son Tommy

Encouraging him to improve himself and his writing.

GLC02166.076

to Mary Hughes

The weather; discussion with Rev. Dr. Baldwin about the origin of the races; photographs of his children; low opinion of Judge [Thompson] for not writing or assisting them.

GLC02166.082

to Mary Hughes

More details of Judge Thompson's deception; requesting ten dollars in greenbacks or Ohio bills; news from Mr. Staub that he is quartered near 20,000 contrabands, 20 of whom are infected with smallpox.

GLC02166.085

to Mary Hughes

Joy at the prospect of his speedy release; passing anniversaries and birthdays in prison.

GLC02166.106

to Mary Hughes

Altered opinion of Rev. Dr. Baldwin's book Armageddon.

GLC02166.108

[Three newspaper clippings]

Three undated newspaper clippings from unknown publications: "A Willing Captive," "Be Careful with Fly Poison Papers," and "A Wrathful Order from the Rebel War Department: Gen. Pope and His Officers Not to be Treated as Prisoners of War."

GLC02166.114

to Mary Hughes

Desire to see his family.

GLC02166.006

to Mary Hughes

Detailed description of the prison.

GLC02166.007

to Mary Hughes

Sending provisions and personal effects to Camp Chase.

GLC02166.015

to Mary Hughes

Explaining his appeal to Mrs. Thompson for parole; enclosing a clipping from the Cincinnati Gazette; numbering of letters.

GLC02166.027

to Mary Hughes

Keeping track of sent/received letters.

GLC02166.034

to Mary Hughes

News of his wife's diphtheria; vows to take the oath if necessary to return and nurse her back to health; receiving dispatch with news of her improved condition.

GLC02166.041

to Mary Hughes

Moving to Prison No. 2, and possible discharge; restrictions placed on outgoing mail.

GLC02166.047

to Mary Hughes

Hopes for release or parole; appointment of Judge Hitchcock to investigate cases of political prisoners at Camp Chase; Gen. Halleck's orders indicating release is inevitable; offers medical advice for her various ailments.

GLC02166.055

to Mary Hughes

Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.071

to Mary Hughes

Birthdays of his wife and daughter; making her a present; inquiring after the children.

GLC02166.080

to Mary Hughes

Retaining newspapers and their wrappers; arrival of Judge Hitchcock in Columbus to hear cases of political prisoners; hopes for parole.

GLC02166.081

to:G.W. Manyp[illegible]

Seeking assistance in securing release from prison. Also signed by W.W. Boggs, A.G. Davis, and J.W. Mitchell.

GLC02166.091

to Mary Hughes

Death of a young man named Cooper; verses for a song written after the death of a man named Rutherford; apologies for such a sad and gloomy letter.

GLC02166.107

to Mary Hughes

GLC02166.013

to Mary Hughes

Encouraging his wife to write more often.

GLC02166.029

to Mary Hughes

Handmade sleeve buttons for his wife; diphtheria in Wheeling; draft dodgers; enclosing various clippings; transcribing a letter by N.A. Gray about contraband letters. With several lines on page three written over in a second, darker hand.

GLC02166.033

to Mary Hughes

Postscript to previous letter urging his wife to say nothing of his remarks regarding Mr. G___'s cause.

GLC02166.036

to Mary Hughes

Rejoicing in news of her recovery; news of a POW exchange, with the dispersal of political prisoners to follow directly; advising his wife they will have to cross over into the Confederacy after his release.

GLC02166.042

to Mary Hughes

Medical advice; hopes for release next week; news of liberation at other prisons; heavily censored letter from Eliza.

GLC02166.045

to Alfred Hughes

Advising him to write to Mssrs. Randall and Astin.

GLC02166.052

to Mary Hughes

Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.

GLC02166.060

to Mary Hughes

Mail distribution; reaction to censorship by Prison Postmaster Tiffany; her eating habits; departure of POW's for exchange. With an autograph note signed by Tiffany on verso denying having mutilated Hughes' letter.

GLC02166.061

to Mary Hughes

Child-rearing advice; thanking her for her efforts at home; requesting socks; enclosing two newspaper clippings about escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.070

to Mary Hughes

Optimism for the future; advising her not to visit him in prison; distrusting the efforts of those outside to secure his release.

GLC02166.095

to Mary Hughes

Requesting copies of the World; conversation with a fellow inmate regarding the Bible and their respective wives; speculation about how to secure a pass to Richmond.

GLC02166.102

to Mary Hughes

Details of Judge Foster's release; shooting of a fellow prisoner after a fight broke out.

GLC02166.105

to Mary Hughes

News of friends moving to the South.

GLC02166.109

to Alfred Hughes

Forwarding personal effects so as not to let the "Yanks" get them.

GLC02166.066

to Mary Hughes

His wife's overexertion; encouraging his daughter's study of music, and the proper conduct of all his other children; prescribing medicine for his wife; tales of wickedness and cruelty told in prison. With clippings from unidentified papers entitled...

GLC02166.062

to Mary Hughes

Receipt of a package from home.

GLC02166.004

to Alfred Hughes

Notification of censored correspondence.

GLC02166.020

to Mary Hughes

"Dog days" of summer; uncomfortably hot conditions in prison (with pencil note from postal inspector: "Precisely the same quarters the Unions soldiers occupy.")

GLC02166.028

to Mary Hughes

Affectionate sentiments to his wife; advising her to take Belladonna for her ailments.

GLC02166.051

to Mary Hughes

Issues at home; opinions about Mr. G___ [fellow inmate who took the oath in items #35-37] and his family.

GLC02166.053

to Mary Hughes

Mail between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Wheeling; misinformation regarding page limits on outgoing letters; Eliza's use of the word "nervous."

GLC02166.054

to Mary Hughes

Criticism of the war; sentimental thoughts about his children.

GLC02166.059

to Mary Hughes

Plans to observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving set aside by President Davis; Rev. Dr. Ford; wealthy gentlemen among the prisoners brought from Martinsburg; taking of thirty prisoners by one man.

GLC02166.069

to Mary Hughes

Receiving socks from his wife; dubious loyalty Judge Thompson; new bunkmate.

GLC02166.075