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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06734.009 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong |
| Title | Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong |
| Date | 7 March 1865 |
| Author | Armstrong, Hallock (1824-1904) |
| Recipient | Armstrong, Mary M. Bronson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly bleached 'brudders.' As soldiers they are not to be sneezed at I tell you…" |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Union Forces African American Troops African American History Corruption and Scandal US Sanitary Commission Charity and Philanthropy |
| People | Armstrong, Hallock (1824-1904) Armstrong, Mary M. Bronson (1832-1890) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Unit | 50th Pennsylvania Infantry |