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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03858.02.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Henry C. Parrott |
| Title | Henry C. Parrott to Maggie Parrot about the capture of a comrade and mistaking a group of runaway slaves for Confederates |
| Date | 4 December 1862 |
| Author | Parrott, Henry C. (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Recipient | Parrott, Margaret (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | His General, P. Sidney Post, led them in Battalion Drill today. A Lieutenant Colonel from his regiment was taken prisoner while doing reconnaissance. "Secesh Cavalry are seen every day and occasional[l]y some are brought into camp." He mistook a group of runaway slaves for Confederates but did not communicate the error when he discovered it, causing fifty men to be sent after the slaves. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Union General Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Cavalry Slavery Fugitive Slave Act Runaway Slave African American History Contrabands |
| People | Parrott, Henry C. (fl. 1861-1865) Parrott, Margaret (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Place written | Camp Andy Johnson, Davidson County, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; 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 | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 75th Illinois Volunteers |