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to Mary Hughes
June 7, 1862
Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864
Conditions at Camp Chase.
GLC02166.001
June 22, 1862
"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.
GLC02166.005
June 27, 1862
Responding to receipt of two letters from home.
GLC02166.009
June 29, 1862
Sundays in prison.
GLC02166.010
August 10, 1862
Enduring Sundays in prison; mending his own clothes; receiving newspapers.
GLC02166.032
August 21, 1862
Cautioning his wife against a relapse; discussion of a passage from the Columbus Journal about the release of 140 citizen prisoners.
GLC02166.043
August 22, 1862
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
September 1, 1862
More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.
GLC02166.056
September 2, 1862
Daily devotions; sensing his wife is unwell before she has told him; more medical advice.
GLC02166.057
to Alfred Hughes
September 16, 1862
Hughes, Mary, fl. 1862
Behavior of their son Tommy and news of the other children; making clothes for her husband; her health.
GLC02166.068
to Tom Bira
September 28, 1862
With postscript to Frank M. Myers. Inquiring whether Myers was seen before or after Bull Run.
GLC02166.077
October 12, 1862
Religious interpretation of premonitions; evening prayer service; false reports in the Wheeling Intelligencer.
GLC02166.087
October 17, 1862
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
October 20, 1862
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
October 24, 1862
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
October 25, 1862
Departure of Rev. Drs. Baldwin, Wharton, Saurie, and Ford.
GLC02166.098
October 27, 1862
Good health despite the cold weather; improved opinion of his children's pictures; confidence that authorities in Richmond will release him.
GLC02166.100
November 12 1862
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
June 11 1862
Making acquaintances Confederate prisoners.
GLC02166.002
July 1, 1862
Making a ring as a memento of his imprisonment.
GLC02166.011
to Colonel C.W.B. Allison
July 7, 1862
Reason for imprisonment.
GLC02166.014
July 16, 1862
Declining her offer to send his easy chair.
GLC02166.016
July 24, 1862
Health of his wife and children; financial matters at home; cramped conditions in prison; discouraging his wife from sending items from home.
GLC02166.022
July 29, 1862
His health; his wife's employment; false friends; shirts, honey, and newspapers from home.
GLC02166.024
August 15, 1862
Urging his wife to write regularly; fellow inmate's decision to take the oath [of allegiance?], and Hughes' opinion in the matter.
GLC02166.035
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