Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife

Order a PDF here

GLC#
GLC04558.025-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
30 May 1862
Author/Creator
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
Title
To his wife
Place Written
Roanoke Island, North Carolina
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

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]

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources