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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04662.051 |
| From Archive Folder | Charles E. Walbridge Collection |
| Title | Charles E. Walbridge to his mother reporting that the "Weehawken" has sunk and sharing his distress at reports of the hardships suffered at a prisoner of war camp on Belle Island |
| Date | 7 December 1863 |
| Author | Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He was very excited to open his box of clothes, food and other materials. "I took as much pleasure . . . as children usually do in emptying their stockings on Christmass [sic] morning." He reports that the monitor "Weehawken" has sunk, probably due to a boiler explosion. He is upset by the reports of the Sanitary Commission which tell of the hardships at Belle Island, a prisoner of war camp in Richmond. He worries over the fate of a soldier. "I am afraid one of my men, 'Sam Patterson' the Indian is still at Belle Island." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Gift Diet and Nutrition Clothing and Accessories Holidays and Celebrations American Indian History Ironclad Navy US Sanitary Commission Prison Camp Prisoner of War |
| People | Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866) |
| Place written | Folly Island, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Native Americans |
| 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 |