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Collection Reference Number GLC02743.06
From Archive Folder George F. Thomson letters 
Title George F. Thomson to his mother describing an alligator hunt
Date 11 December 1862
Author Thomson, George F. (fl. 1862-1865)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description At one point they went off on an alligator hunt and had a great time. He mentions another story concerning a horse but the details are illegible.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Union Soldier's Letter  Union Forces  Wildlife  
People Thomson, George F. (fl. 1862-1865)  
Place written Ship Island
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 Mother  
Civil War: Theater of War Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach  
Civil War: Unit 38th Massachusetts Infantry