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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03858.01.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John A. Parrot |
| Title | John A. Parrott to Margaret Parrott praising her plans to teach and lamenting that Sophia is still ill |
| Date | 18 November 1862 |
| Author | Parrott, John A. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Recipient | Parrott, Margaret (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | sister [ Margaret Parrott] John would like to stay in camp through the winter but resolves to accept any marching orders they receive. He is glad that she is going to school and will be a teacher for an education "is the best thing you can have to get through the world." He is sorry that Sophia is still ill. He would like her to come to Illinois when the war is over. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Women's History Health and Medical Women's Education Education |
| People | Parrott, John A. (fl. 1862-1864) Parrott, Margaret (fl. 1862-1863) Parrott, Sophia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Education; Women in American History |
| 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 | 34th Illinois Infantry, B company |