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- GLC#
- GLC06582.38-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 12, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Williams, George M., fl. 1862
- Title
- to his wife
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 6 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that he will be home the following week if he is still feeling ill. He tells her to ask Uncle Jack to tell Tom Rixey that the ad failed to reach either the Whig or the Enquirer. He mentions not being able to find a soldier to serve as his replacement. He describes the weather as "hot, damp, and sultry." He says he saw Jacque Wood at Gordonsville. When asked what he was doing there, Wood responded that he was a Yankee prisoner and expected to be hung. He heard that Williams and Browning took oaths to support the Yankee Government. He writes that the Confederates have occupied Maryland to General Lee's satisfaction. He writes that the city is "unusually quiet today." He informs her that he has purchased some fair quality linen at $250 per yard. He sends his love to all.
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