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Collection Reference Number GLC02082.41
From Archive Folder Collection of Jeremiah M. Tate, H company, 5th regiment, Alabama, infantry 
Title Jeremiah Tate to his sister describing himself in good health following Gettysburg
Date 26 August 1863
Author Tate, Jeremiah M. (fl. 1829-1877)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Reports good health for himself as well as the majority of the army. Writes briefly about the fight at Gettysburg because Mary had not received any letters from him.
Subjects Battle of Gettysburg  Civil War  Military History  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Confederate States of America  Soldier's Letter  Health and Medical  Battle  
People Tate, Jeremiah M. (fl. 1829-1877)  
Place written Orange, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Folder information: Jeremiah Tate of Pickensville, Alabama worked as a grocer prior to his enlistment in Company H of the 5th Alabama infantry. Private Tate served for a time with Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah. For a short period in 1864, he was a hospital nurse in Mt. Jackson which brought an additional seven dollars to his monthly pay. Having survived four years of service, he returned home in 1866 and married a young widow, Martha Ann Taylor Speed. Tate's letters, written to his mother and sister Mary Jane at Jenna Point (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama), concern First Bull Run, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Pines, Antietam, Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg (letter #34 dated near Carlisle), and Petersburg. A number of letters concern fraternizing with Yanks and songs he sings. His first name "Jeremiah" per coded name in letter #31. Some itemized letters are actually continuations and are noted as such. Many of the original envelopes were turned inside-out and re-used.
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 Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 5th Alabama Infantry, H company