- GLC#
- GLC04558.002-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 9, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
- Title
- To his wife
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
"Last night was my first experience in a tent we had to set up our tents last night after dark and had no straw so we had to sleep on the ground[.]" Mentions inspecting himself for lice. Written on patriotic stationery.
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