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

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GLC#
GLC04558.084-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
19 April 1863
Author/Creator
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
Title
To his wife
Place Written
Suffolk, Virginia
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

Trying to cheer his wife, orders and countermanded orders to cross the Nansemond, river rumored to be blocked by Rebs, and joking: "About the broomstick question I plead guilty and believe I oughter [sic] to be broomsticked cause I didnt stay at home... but... I hope you will exercize your supreme clemency and commute it to something less humiliating and more pleaseing [sic]." Postscript on p. 1 notes successful capture of rebel fort on the river.

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