Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a Thanksgiving dinner with Captain Phelm and his wish to be home, escorting his sister to parties - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04662.084
From Archive Folder	Charles E. Walbridge Collection
Title	Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a Thanksgiving dinner with Captain Phelm and his wish to be home, escorting his sister to parties
Date	24 November 1865
Author	Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Had Thanksgiving dinner with Captain Phelm onboard the "Daylight." A scrap book had started correspondence between Phelm and Annie [Walbridge's sister]. Rumors that Sherman is close to capturing Savannah. Wishes he was home to escort his sisters to parties.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Holidays and Celebrations Thanksgiving Children and Family Women's History Union General Entertaining and Hospitality
People	Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866)
Place written	Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
Theme	The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History
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 Eastern Theater
Civil War: Unit	100th New York Volunteers, H Company