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Collection Reference Number GLC02570.53
From Archive Folder Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry 
Title Gustave Cook to Eliza Cook discussing their good fortune in life and his own correspondence
Date 1 - 9 February 1864
Author Cook, Gustave (1835-1897)  
Recipient Cook, Eliza  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses their good fortune in life. Describes how he looks and feels. Says his wounded hand has greatly improved and is better than he would have ever suspected. Has stopped writing to people at home except for his wife "and they shall only hear from me through the papers." Closes with: "Say to Blonde, Brunette and Twinkler that papa thinks of them always and hopes they will not forget him. I shall send you an ambrotype on photograph at the first opportunity. I wish yours my wifey dear very much but I am afraid the Yankees might get it some day."
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Confederate States of America  Cavalry  Injury or Wound  Health and Medical  Children and Family  Women's History  Photography  Union Forces  Marriage  
People Cook, Gustave (1835-1897)  Cook, Eliza Jones (b. 1837)  
Place written Cave Springs
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