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Collection Reference Number GLC02570.24
From Archive Folder Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry 
Title Gustave Cook to Eliza Cook discussing camp news, their future and requesting that she 'stay pretty'
Date 20 July 1862
Author Cook, Gustave (1835-1897)  
Recipient Cook, Eliza  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Short note about camp news. Includes lines about how when the war is over, Eliza and Gustave will come into their own and will be in "the heyday of our life." Reminds her to stay pretty because "…when I do return…then you can make me do as you please. You know how easily I am controlled by a pretty face and I think yours is quite so if you are 30 (almost)." Requests a letter from daughter Ida.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Confederate States of America  Cavalry  Military Camp  Children and Family  Marriage  Women's History  
People Cook, Gustave (1835-1897)  Cook, Eliza Jones (b. 1837)  
Place written East bank of the Sabine River, Louisiana
Theme The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Born in Alabama on July 3, 1835, Cook moved to Texas alone at the age of 15 and studied law independently. Cook enlisted as a private in 8th Texas Cavalry, "Terry's Texas Rangers," in 1861 and was promoted to colonel by July 1863. After the war he became a circuit court judge for Galveston, served in the Texas state legislature and led an unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1890. He died in 1897 of complications from a wound suffered during his military service.
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 Western Theater  
Civil War: Unit 8th Texas Cavalry, H Company