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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.11 |
From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
Title | Eliza McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding the death of several of his friends |
Date | 9 September 1861 |
Author | McSherry, Eliza (b. 1829) |
Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Extremely faded letter with water damage and mold. Written by Eliza to her brother Henry in the U.S. Navy. Seems that several of Henry's friends have been killed. She says she especially is sad at the loss of Holmes and tries to console him. Says "I heard a lady say the other day that she would prefer her friend to be killed ... rather than wounded and suffering on the battlefield. that is terrible indeed." Updates him on friends and family. |
Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Death Battle Woman Author Women's History Injury or Wound Children and Family Navy Friendship |
People | McSherry, Eliza (b. 1829) McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
Place written | Littlestown, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
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 | Sister |
Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |