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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04558.080 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of George W. Tillotson |
Title | George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding applying for discharge after a dropsy diagnosis |
Date | 6 April 1863 |
Author | Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918) |
Recipient | Tillotson, Anne Elizabeth |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Doctor has diagnosed him as having dropsy, so will apply for discharge. Mentions Capt. Charles Tillotson of the NY 99th. Now weighs 180 lbs; hopes to see home, and mentions other men on furlough. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Health and Medical |
People | Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918) Tillotson, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1861-1898) |
Place written | Camp near Suffolk, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Tillotson was thirty-one years old when he enlisted as a corporal on November 5, 1861. He mustered in H company of the NY 89th infantry or Dickinson Guards and later promoted to Sergeant. He was discharged on December 18, 1864. |
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 |
Civil War: Unit | 89th New York infantry, H company |