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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02570.20 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry |
| Title | Gustave Cook to Eliza Cook regarding his health and wish to surprise her with a visit |
| Date | 12 March 1862 |
| Author | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) |
| Recipient | Cook, Eliza |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes that he has been sicker than he has ever been in his life. Mostly camp news and general interest news. Cook hopes to visit and writes, "Will you be ready for me? Are you still the great fat girl you were writing to me about two or three months ago? You had better be or I shall begin to think you fatten on my absence. I will happen in on you all some day when you are at dinner and not looking for me. Would it not be pleasant for me to peep in at the dining room door on you when you were thinking me far away? Laugh at the idea now as you will but you see if I don't slip in on you some day when you least expect me." He writes, "Why don't Ida (his daughter) write to me? I have not had a letter from you either old gal since 1st March and it was dated in January. What does this mean? I won't come to see you if you don't write to me, maybe. I hardly know where to tell to direct your letters but for the present send them to 'Decatur, Ala.'." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Cavalry Health and Medical Military Camp Women's History Children and Family |
| People | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) Cook, Eliza Jones (b. 1837) |
| Place written | Mooresville, Alabama |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| 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 |