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Collection Reference Number GLC02166.040
From Archive Folder Collection of Alfred Hughes, a detainee at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer 
Title Alfred Hughes to Mary Hughes thanking for the shirt and advising on domestic matters
Date 19 August 1862
Author Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Recipient Hughes, Mary  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Thanking her for the shirt she sent; advising her on various matters at home (i.e.. school for the children, the horse and buggy, accounts, etc.)
Subjects Prisoner of War  Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Health and Medical  Confederate States of America  Prison Camp  Prisoner  Union Forces  Women's History  Education  Finance  
People Hughes, Mary (fl. 1862-1864)  Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Place written Camp Chase, Ohio
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family
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