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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.18 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | To the veterans of the Confederate army |
| Date | February 1864 |
| Author | Chase, George (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Asking for the public, especially soldiers, to furnish written accounts of "incidents of remarkable daring in battle, endurance, sufferings, sacrifices and other trials in imprisonment, camp, hospital or marches." Says if contributors want to wait until after the war to have their items published, they should say so. Also says diaries will be returned upon request. Would especially like to receive items from Southern women, "the Spartan-spirited daughters of the sunny South." Says the women "are worthy [of] the loving praise of a great, chivalric race." Addressed on verso to "Capt. Wm S. Keen Provost Marshall Covington Alleghany Co. Va." With cancelled red Andrew Jackson 2-cent stamp. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Bravery Battle Soldier's Diary Soldier's Letter Confederate Soldier's Letter Women's History Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
| Place written | Camp near Rapidan River, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Arts & Literature; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |