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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.42.36 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Lydia Stark to her brother regarding their family |
| Date | 27 December 1863 - 10 January 1864 |
| Author | Stark, Lydia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written and signed by his sister Lydia. Thinks that there are angels watching her children. Writes that Henry has gone to see his Aunt Phebe. She remembers the first time she held him, a few hours after he had been born. Writes of the many memories she has of him as a little boy. She has memories in her dreams of her brothers and sisters as children. States that she has heard rumors that he is engaged to a woman named Mary Cable [?] but she is unsure if that is her name. She tells her brother that she has written a letter to Mary but it was returned because there was no such P.O. in Illinois. She is happy for the affection that the family shows to him and he returns to them. Writes that she has raised 150 dollars. Writes about the "patriotic" party she attended in Syracuse, New York. She was very interested in the captured Confederate battle flags. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Religion Marriage Charity and Philanthropy Finance Patriotism Battle Confederate States of America Civil War Military History Union Forces |
| People | Stark, Lydia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Baldwinsville, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 74th Illinois infantry, I Company |