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Collection Reference Number GLC02166.058
From Archive Folder Collection of Alfred Hughes, a detainee at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer 
Title Alfred Hughes to Mary Hughes about her mental health and political prisoners from Louisville
Date 3 September 1862
Author Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Recipient Hughes, Mary  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Cautioning her against developing a "nervous" condition; self-preservation; arrival of political prisoners from Louisville.
Subjects Prisoner of War  Soldier's Letter  Prisoner of War  Civil War  Military History  Health and Medical  Confederate States of America  Prison Camp  Prisoner  Union Forces  Health and Medical  
People Hughes, Mary (fl. 1862-1864)  Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Place written Camp Chase, Ohio
Theme The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Health & Medicine; Women in American History
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