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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06582.50 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters written by Confederate soldier, George Morton Williams |
| Title | George M. Williams to his wife advising his uncle to hire servants and give up working on the farm until local affairs calm down |
| Date | 11 November 1862 |
| Author | Williams, George M. (fl. 1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He received her letter, detailing her flight from home. He also learned by reading someone else's letter that she and his aunt are going to go to "Halifax to Mr. Bruce's," but reasons that Cousin Ella must have been mistaken because she has not mentioned it in any of her letters. He writes that the appointments have yet to be announced. Thinks it would be "prudent" for Uncle Jack to hire servants and give up working on the farm until "more quiet times." He admits to not knowing what to write to her. He says he is "compelled to go into the Army" when he is finished with his present work. Reminds her that he wrote to her that Albert's wife died of diphtheria. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Refugees Women's History Children and Family Servant Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Health and Medical Death Epidemic Marriage Military Law Office Seeker |
| People | Williams, George M. (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |