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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC08284.108 |
From Archive Folder | Letters and documents relating to a commander in the Union navy |
Title | Horatio L. Wait to "darling Cherry" commenting on the arrival of Jefferson Davis and the secretary of the Navy |
Date | 28 May 1865 |
Author | Wait, Horatio Loomis (1836-1919) |
Recipient | Wait, Chara Conant |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | The Secretary of the Navy finally arrived, as well as the steamer Clyde with Jefferson Davis on board. Later he went on board the Santiago de Cuba and was introduced to the ladies of the party. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Photography Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
People | Wait, Horatio Loomis (1836-1919) Wait, Chara Conant Long (1839-1908) |
Place written | Charleston Harbor, South Carolina |
Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
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 | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |