- GLC#
- GLC08165.38-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 13 September 1861
- Author/Creator
- Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889
- Title
- to Charles J. Hutson
- Place Written
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 3 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A letter of condolence upon the death of Emmeline Colcock, Charles' fiance and Colcock's daughter. Charles was then on furlough from the 1st South Carolina Infantry, where he served as a Corporal during the Civil War. Colcock refers to Charles' letter from 7 September 1861, in which Charles hoped for Emmeline's recovery, commenting that he weeps when he reads it. He feels bound to Charles. Colcock wrote a note in pencil at the bottom of p. 3 indicating that "Willie has arrived." Willie is William F. Colcock, Jr.
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