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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06582.61 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters written by Confederate soldier, George Morton Williams |
| Title | George M. Williams to his wife regarding the annihilation of Fredericksburg and an outbreak of small pox, against which he has been vaccinated |
| Date | 15 December 1862 |
| Author | Williams, George M. (fl. 1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Since Uncle Jack will be going back up, George has decided to take advantage of the opportunity to write and send her this letter. He mentions that he has not heard from home since Jack left but expects that she has written to him. He writes that he will probably see her on Friday or Saturday. He says he has to wait for Col. Deas to get back from watching the enemy at "Fredsburg" to collect one hundred dollars. He comments that Fredericksburg is supposedly annihilated by the war with "hardly a house standing, uninjured, and a good portion of the town destroyed." Many people are living in tents, and he is glad that she has not been "reduced to such necessities." He writes "the small pox rages here." He has been vaccinated and is "not at all afraid of the disease & never was." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Battle of Fredericksburg Battle Union Forces Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Refugees Smallpox Health and Medical Epidemic |
| People | Williams, George M. (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |