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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
| Title | Asa Smith to his mother regarding relations with the population of a captured confederate town |
| Date | 24 May 1862 |
| Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Recipient | Smith, Ann |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | to mother [Ann Smith] He received a letter from the clerk of Victor, and sends it on to other men. The troops have left Camp Huger and marched to the fairgrounds. He has the shakes. The mayor of the town has given up his keys, and the Union military has successfully insisted that the stores remain open and accept Northern currency. He says the relationship with the local white people is improving but still embittered, and notes that "The darkeys are very fond of us, and I verily believe that the yellow girls all expect to get yankee husbands." Four Confederate deserters arrived at the camp. A local Union man was murdered by his wife over family troubles. He requests newspapers. Numbered in pencil "78." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Health and Medical Government and Civics Merchants and Trade Confederate States of America Coins and Currency African American History Marriage Crime Desertion Death Women's History |
| People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Fairgrounds, Suffolk, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; 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: Unit | Massachusetts 16th Regiment infantry, K company |