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- GLC#
- GLC02570.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 21, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897
- Title
- to Eliza Cook
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Cook has just arrived in New Orleans and is excited to be involved in the war. Probably doesn't realize the gravity of the nation's situation when he writes, "I think it probable that I shall be back by the 10th of February but am not sure of it." Tells Eliza not to worry herself about his return.
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