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Collection Reference Number GLC04558.162
From Archive Folder Collection of George W. Tillotson 
Title George W. Tillotson to his wife with advice regarding their farm
Date 21 September 1864
Author Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  
Recipient Tillotson, Anne Elizabeth  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Farm advice; mustering out in one month's time. Politics: predicts Lincoln will win; eludes to soldiers support of Lincoln; Copperheads (democrats) are worse than sessionists. Has a cold.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Politics  Election  Government and Civics  President  Copperheads  Republican Party  Democratic Party  Health and Medical  
People Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  Tillotson, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1861-1898)  
Place written Fort Powhatan, Virginia
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  
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