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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.43.21 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | G.F.H. to Mary Reeser gossiping about a prayer meeting |
| Date | 18 December 1864 |
| Recipient | Reeser, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Comments that he just returned from a meeting in Chandlersburg, [Pennsylvania] where they sang and had a prayer meeting. Tells Mary which girls went home with whom from the meeting. Describes eavesdropping on a conversation that he heard on his way back from the meeting. Writes of General George Meade stopping for the winter. Mentions that there will be a donation held at a gentleman's house next Wednesday. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Religion Women's History Charity and Philanthropy Union General |
| People | Reeser, Mary (fl. 1864) Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Religion |
| 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 | Friend |
| Civil War: Unit | 197th Pennsylvania infantry, B Company |