Woolston, Charles (fl. 1864-1865) to Maria Woolston
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.26.09 Author/Creator: Woolston, Charles (fl. 1864-1865) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 May 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy
Reports to his mother that they have marching for miles and miles to Essex County, Virginia in order to get to the house of Virginia Senator Robert Mercer T. Hunter, whom they captured. He called Hunter, "a big dark complected man and said to been the been the best speaker in the Rebel senate." Does not know when they will be discharged but is looking forward to coming home. Feels it will take a least three weeks of "good grub" to get his strength back. States that their rations of sugar are less than ever but blames it on the quatermaster, not the goverment, which allows much more. Reports that they are now camped near Richmond, in the "Window Hospitals," [Widows' Hospital]. Written on stationary of the U.S. Christian Commission.
Woolston enlisted as a private on 7 October 1864 in Company U, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania.
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