to mother

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to mother

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GLC#
GLC04662.051-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1863/12/7
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to mother
Place Written
Folly Island, South Carolina
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He was very excited to open his box of clothes, food and other materials. "I took as much pleasure . . . as children usually do in emptying their stockings on Christmass [sic] morning." He reports that the monitor "Weehawken" has sunk, probably due to a boiler explosion. He is upset by the reports of the Sanitary Commission which tell of the hardships at Belle Island, a prisoner of war camp in Richmond. He worries over the fate of a soldier. "I am afraid one of my men, 'Sam Patterson' the Indian is still at Belle Island."

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