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- GLC#
- GLC00684.08-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 18, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
- Title
- to Julia Blanche Kell
- Place Written
- Cumberland Island, Georgia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
John McIntosh Hell writes that on his arrival at Cumberland Island he was greeted by "a goodly number of ladies & gentlemen, guests & household of Mr. Nightengale" eager "to view the Georgia Steamer of War." He reports that he will be sailing to Fernandina, Florida in an attempt to get guns for the boat. Letter written aboard the Savannah, offshore of Dungeness Manor on Cumberland Island.
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