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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.31.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding the end of the war, the available food and his opinion on what to do with the freed slaves |
| Date | 18 August 1862 |
| Author | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) |
| Recipient | Kellogg, Mary Wright |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from camp on the Hatchie River. Mentions the warm weather and his illness. Reports on the imminent arrival of 600,000 more troops. Anticipates the end of the rebellion soon. Comments on the Confiscation Act of 1862 and how it "... will be a severe blow to rebels if properly carried out by our generals." Says they eat peaches and melons which grow in great abundance. Offers his opinion on what to do with the negroes; "...give them a spot of earth where they may dwell by themselves away from the whites, let the white women marry the white man and the black woman marry the black man. Let them be two nations..." Letter has an emblem. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Health and Medical Law Government and Civics Confederate States of America Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Marriage Women's History African American History Segregation |
| People | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) Kellogg, Mary Wright (1844-1912) |
| Place written | Rialto, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: This collection consists chiefly of correspondence from Ira Blanchard, Lieutenant, Company H, 29th Illinois Infantry, to Mary (Wright) Kellogg. These letters document Blanchard's service at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and other areas throughout Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana from 1861-1863. Sometime after August 1863, Mary (Wright) Kellogg married Captain Henry Kellogg, and the letters from Blanchard ceased. In addition to the correspondence from Blanchard, this collection also includes a letter from Jason D. Wright to his niece Mary (Wright) Kellogg (1864), two obituaries for Mary (Wright) Kellogg (ca. 1912), a newspaper article mentioning Mary Kellogg's daughter, Mrs. L. E. Dodson (ca. 1927), and a collateral envelope. Blanchard enlisted 13 June 1861 in Illinois as a Sargeant. He mustered into "H" Co., Illinois, Infantry. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 20th Illinois infantry, H Company |