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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02570.48 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry |
Title | Gustave Cook to Eliza Cook discussing her health, his brother being injured at the Battle of Gettysburg and his wages |
Date | 6 August 1863 |
Author | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) |
Recipient | Cook, Eliza |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Rejoices that his wife's health has improved. Tells her to keep in mind her health for everyone's sake so she will be healthy when he returns. Reports that his brother Girard was shot through the thigh at the Battle of Gettysburg. He writes, "Were he to die I should feel as one lost forever. He is my only and darling brother and beside myself, our dear mother's only child living." Promises Eliza she will be repaid for all her suffering and sacrifice when the war is over. Writes that his horses and uniforms take up much of his wages. He states, "The expenses of my position will more than double my wages soon and then what you are to do I am at a loss to imagine. But all will come right." Includes news that his cousin was taken prisoner at Shelbyville. |
Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Cavalry Health and Medical Marriage Women's History Battle Battle of Gettysburg Injury or Wound Children and Family Soldier's Pay Finance Military Uniforms Transportation Union Forces Prisoner of War |
People | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) Cook, Eliza Jones (b. 1837) |
Place written | Near Rome |
Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
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 |