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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.20 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Anna McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding the military situation around Martinsburg and a possible trip to Baltimore |
| Date | 22 February 1863 |
| Author | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Reports that it has been snowing all day long. Says she has not heard from him "for sometime." References the military situation around Martinsburg, saying "the cavalry may make a dash at any time, they are all around and captured a picket guard between here and Winchester two or three days ago." Mentions other skirmishes and troop movements and says a railroad in Mercer County is being guarded. Refers to her state as "W. Va." on page 3, about 5 months before it became a state. Says she might go to Baltimore to visit their sister Kate soon. Says one of their neighbors was arrested for having letters in his possession that were going to the South. On a postscript written on 3 March she says the family received a newspaper announcing the death of their cousin Letitice(?) Davidson in St. Louis on 17 February. Was surprised that "Henry" was mentioned as being present at her death and that he "was not killed, he might have been badly wounded in Tenn." Extensive water damage and fading throughout the letter. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Woman Author Women's History Confederate States of America Cavalry Prisoner of War Railroad Law Military Law Children and Family Death Injury or Wound |
| People | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | Martinsburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 |