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Collection Reference Number GLC04558.040
From Archive Folder Collection of George W. Tillotson 
Title George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding haying at their farm in his absence
Date 26 August 1862
Author Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  
Recipient Tillotson, Anne Elizabeth  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Signed "your affectionate Husband" and addressed to "Mrs. A.E. Tillotson." Joking to his wife at how quickly haying was done on the farm: "I suppose that that fifth hand with petticoats on is what drove business, dont you think so?" Diarrhea problems, denying reports of McClellan being surrounded, newspaper subscription. "The firing I spoke of in my last was between Pope's[,] Siegel's and Reno's forces and Stonewall Jackson's who is trying to cross the Rapidan river.... [...] There is a great excitement among the inhabitants of Fredericksburg on account of their expecting Jackson to make a strike here in a day or two. If he does we shall nock Fredericksburgh to pieces in short metre."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Women's History  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Union General  Health and Medical  Journalism  Confederate States of America  Confederate General or Leader  Battle  
People Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  Tillotson, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1861-1898)  
Place written Camp Park
Theme The American Civil War; Agriculture
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Tillotson was thirty-one years old when he enlisted as a corporal on November 5, 1861. He mustered in H company of the NY 89th infantry or Dickinson Guards and later promoted to Sergeant. He was discharged on December 18, 1864.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 89th New York infantry, H company