Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) to his sister
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.57 Author/Creator: Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) Place Written: Gordonsville, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 August 1863 Pagination: 8 p. Order a Copy
Received the news that clothes were on the way. Is very grateful to have a family that readily supplies his wants. Remarks on beauty of Maryland, and comments that his brother Marion remembers the countryside and the "famous stampede" there the previous summer, possibly a reference to the second battle of Bull Run in August 1862. Mentions news from home he has read about in the papers. Speculates that General Robert E. Lee is amassing troops in Gordonsville, Virginia, to make it "the line of defense." Remarks on traitors contemptuously. Asks about the fruit season at home.
Comments on heavy inflation of Confederate dollar and the soundness of the Union greenback, even in the Confederacy. Mentions a friend with fever and inquires about the whereabouts of other family members. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War. Written about a month after Hutson fought at Gettysburg.
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