Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04558.025 Author/Creator: Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 Place Written: Roanoke Island, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 May 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
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 with about it say that they would like to fight for the north." [See #83]
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