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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.078 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Edward R. Archer to W.W. Dungan renewing a U.S. Navy acquaintance and declaring the hatred of the war past |
| Date | 14 July 1865 |
| Author | Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) |
| Recipient | Dungan, W.W. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter seeking to renew friendship with W. W. Dungan, one of Archer's friends from his service in the U.S. Navy before the war. "Now since the war is ended and the South has returned her allegiance to the United States, are feelings of wrath, envy, hatred or malice...should vanish without a record for the future..." Ends with a plea for a return to an ante-bellum status quo: "An acknowledgement of the receipt of this letter will assure me that we still remain old friends and are willing to forget and forgive." Marked "copy." |
| Subjects | Navy Military History Union Forces Reconstruction |
| People | Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) Dungan, W.W. (fl. 1870-1878) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Reconstruction |
| 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 |