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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03859.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Byron E. Churchill |
| Title | Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing an upcoming draft and his disagreement with the policy of arming African Americans, who he wishes would die instead of white soldiers |
| Date | 27 November 1862 |
| Author | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) |
| Recipient | Churchill, Drazilla |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | There is news of an upcoming draft, which Churchill hopes will draw largely on Democrats and Abolitionists. Churchill also reacts to the arming of African American in South Carolina: "…I wished it was the Negroes that was slain instid of our white Population….I never liked the black rase but since I am in the South where they are plenty I think less of them." He reports that they are doing Provost duty in Grand Junction. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Death Conscription Politics Abolition African American History African American Troops Confederate States of America |
| People | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) Churchill, Drazilla (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Grand Junction, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Mother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 15th Michigan Infantry, A company |