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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
| Title | Asa Smith to his mother asking her to stop reading his letters at the lyceum |
| Date | 31 October 1861 |
| Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Recipient | Smith, Ann |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | to mother [Ann Smith] Companies A, C, and D marched to Newport News and saw white flags in house windows and a house on fire. The "great expedition" sailed, and he saw it in the paper and in person. Yesterday [October 30] there was a grand review, and Col. Wyman was in good shape. He received a bundle of papers and a letter from Wallace. A Lieut. Hagg [a friend from Massachusetts] told him that his letters were being read at the lyceum, and "if you [his mother] don't stop doing so, I am afraid that I shall have to stop writing." Numbered in pencil "21." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Surrender Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Firefighting Navy Military Camp Children and Family Women's History |
| People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Camp Hamilton, Hampton, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| 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: Unit | Massachusetts 16th Regiment infantry, K company |