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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03742.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Letter from the Smith family to Asa Smith |
| Title | Ann Smith to Asa Smith regarding the wounding of a mutual acquaintance |
| Date | 20 July 1862 |
| Author | Smith, Ann ( fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Smith, Asa |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Ann Smith to her brother Asa Smith in the Union Army. Says she is glad he is doing well. Says "I try & try to imagine how you look but don't succeed very well - If I could only see you for a little while." Goes on to say that "I tell Mother I'm prouder than ever of you." Says Lieutenant H.L. Potter of the 20th regiment has been back home now for a week because of a wound in his leg. Says "he was in the same hospital with you a week or more - he wishes he had seen you." Says that their brother William Wallace Smith was lucky to avoid injury. Is sending him a copy of a newspaper that printed his letter. She says everyone was delighted with it and his bravery. The letter has been cut in the center fold and the two pages are separate. |
| Subjects | Prisoner of War Civil War Military History Union Forces Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Injury or Wound Hospital Journalism Bravery Battle |
| People | Smith, Ann ( fl. 1862) Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; 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 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |