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- GLC#
- GLC07705.021-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 12, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865
- Title
- to Father
- Place Written
- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 8 p. : docket ; Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 24.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written onboard a steamer. He describes Fort Hattera where they met two schooners on their way to Philadelphia. They have captured five vessels since the boys have been there. He describes the island as the one that Robinson Crusoe lived on. The fishing is first class, but the water is awful. There are no wells and the water is almost unfit to drink.
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