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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.26.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles Woolston, 3rd regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry |
| Title | Benjamin A. Woolston to Maria Woolston reporting that Charles is the same and communicating his wish to return home |
| Date | 7 June 1865 |
| Author | Woolston, Benjamin A. (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Recipient | Woolston, Maria |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his wife about their son, Charles Woolston, a soldier sick with typhoid fever in the hospital whom he went to go visit. Reports that Charles is about the same. He is anxious to return home but does not know when that will be. Asks her to tell him if the girl came to help her with work. Advises her not to work so hard and not to worry. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Women's History Union Forces Military History Civil War Disease Health and Medical Typhoid Fever Hospital Finance Charity and Philanthropy Servant |
| People | Woolston, Benjamin A. (fl. 1864-1865) Woolston, Maria (fl. 1864-1865) Woolston, Charles (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Children & Family; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Charles Woolston enlisted as a private on 7 October 1864 in Company U, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 3rd Pennsylvania cavalry, U Company |