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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04662.008 |
From Archive Folder | Charles E. Walbridge Collection |
Title | Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a plantation that has been abandoned and the slaves left behind |
Date | 20 June 1862 |
Author | Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | A short visit to the front line, followed by a visit to the Commissary Sergeant, Bowen, who has commandeered a plantation. The owners fled and the slaves want Bowen to run the farm. Walbridge describes the house, food and slaves on plantation. Also, during a visit to a neighboring plantation, the owner's wife told Walbridge: "Most of their crops are uncultivated, as all the 'niggers' have left for White House [Va.] to earn an honest penny or two for themselves; except for two, one of whom had a very sick wife in the spring when the rest left, who has since died, A very valuable woman, Mrs. Crump says. I mention this to show the kind of regret, which the F.F.V's feel when they lose one of their stock." |
Subjects | Slave Life Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Slavery African American History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Confederate States of America Architecture Diet and Nutrition Health and Medical Death Women's History Marriage |
People | Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866) |
Place written | Bottoms Bridge, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Agriculture |
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 | Mother |
Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
Civil War: Unit | 100th New York Volunteers, H Company |