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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02829.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of the Allen Family, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America |
| Title | William B. Allen to Mary Mayberry about his loneliness, fishing in Maryland, happy rebel prisoners, his easy life and getting a rubdown from African Americans |
| Date | 2 August 1863 |
| Author | Allen, William B. (fl. 1834-1880) |
| Recipient | Mayberry, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Says he is lonesome and received a letter from Mary yesterday, the first letter he received since he left New York. Notes that she was traveling up to the country. Says there is great sporting in Maryland -- fishing, crabbing, and oystering. Says fruit is abundant here too -- peaches, pears, apples, and plums. Has gone up the Potomac River from the mouth to Washington, DC. Says at Point Lookout, Maryland where "they have 15,000 Reble [sic] Prisoners ther [sic] and they ar [sic] as happy as can be." Says he has been having easy times and goes sailing and fishing often and "take a darkey with me and get a good rubbing down with a corse towl [sic] and I can tell you I feel the good effect of it." Says he thinks often of his family. Sends greetings to his family and says he misses home. Wants her to "Know I am almost as some of the Contrabands a board[.] I have been running in the sun so much." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Sports and Games Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Diet and Nutrition Washington, D.C. Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Health and Medical African American History Slavery Contrabands |
| Place written | Aboard USS Resolute off Windmill Point at St. Mary's, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; African Americans; Agriculture |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | USS Resolute |