Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863 to Amanda Wilkinson and his mother

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GLC#
GLC03523.13.022-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
20 October 1861
Author/Creator
Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863
Title
to Amanda Wilkinson and his mother
Place Written
Fort Lyon, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He has received a letter from his wife's mother that his wife is sick. He is greatly saddened to hear this and hopes she gets better. Wilkinson writes that her life is more precious then his and he wishes he were sick instead of her. Says that they marched with one day's rations and their blankets along the Potomac to Pohick Church. He then writes to his mother asking her to keep him informed of his wife's condition. If she gets worse he will try to return home. Hopes that his mother and her friends will take good care of his wife.

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