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- GLC#
- GLC04501.018-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 20, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Smith, C.M., fl. 1862
- Title
- to Randall Lee Gibson
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Resigning his position as a Surgeon in Gibson's regiment due to poor health. Smith notes that his fellow surgeon [Charles] Langenbacker is already "casting a wistful eye" upon Smith's post. He also discusses the parish crop, noting that some planters are planning to ship their produce to Texas where sugar and molasses are bringing ten and fifty cents a gallon, respectively.
Though the date written on this letter is January 1861, the content and date of Gibson's commission suggest it was written in January 1862.
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