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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.31.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding the situation in Jackson, Tennessee |
| Date | 20 June 1862 |
| Author | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) |
| Recipient | Kellogg, Mary Wright |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Jackson, Tennessee, "...one of the most delightful cities I ever saw." Says the aristocracy of the south resides there. Mentions many slaves escaped to their lines and rewards of two-hundred dollars were being offered for their return. Informs they are called "bluebelied yankees." Upon the occupation of the city, "about 600 negroe girls elegantly dresed in their silks and satins came out to meet us each caring a rose in their black hands..." Reports going to church with "darkies" and being impressed with the sermon. Letter is faded and has an emblem. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Finance Runaway Slave Fugitive Slave Act Slavery Contrabands African American History Women's History Religion |
| People | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) Kellogg, Mary Wright (1844-1912) |
| Place written | Jackson, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Religion |
| 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 |