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Collection Reference Number GLC02166.033
From Archive Folder Collection of Alfred Hughes, a detainee at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer 
Title Alfred Hughes to Mary Hughes [very feint] mentioning diphtheria
Date 12 August 1862
Author Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Recipient Hughes, Mary  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Handmade sleeve buttons for his wife; diphtheria in Wheeling; draft dodgers; enclosing various clippings; transcribing a letter by N.A. Gray about contraband letters. With several lines on page three written over in a second, darker hand.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Prisoner of War  Civil War  Military History  Health and Medical  Confederate States of America  Prison Camp  Prisoner  Union Forces  Artisans  Disease  Health and Medical  Conscription  
People Hughes, Mary (fl. 1862-1864)  Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Place written Camp Chase, Ohio
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The collection includes his last will, news clippings relating to the war and prisoners of war.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife