Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865 to Maria Woolston
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.26.15 Author/Creator: Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his wife about their son, Charles Woolston, a soldier sick with typhoid fever in the hospital whom he went to go visit. States Charles seems a bit better. He went to Charles' company to get his descriptive list in order to get him discharged. Advises "the boys" to plant pumpkins where the corn was, and six week beans. Expresses his desire to return home. On stationary of the U.S. Christian Commission.
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