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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03859.26 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Byron E. Churchill |
| Title | Juliey G. Robins to Drazilla Churchill informing her that Byron Churchill is alive and discussing his time as a prisoner of war, during which he lost his toes to frostbite |
| Date | 11 April 1865 |
| Author | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) |
| Additional authors | Robins, Juliet G. (fl. 1865) |
| Recipient | Churchill, Drazilla |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Churchill wishes his mother to know that he is alive and that he arrived at the hospital at David's Island from Wilmington, where he spent a month in the hospital there. Previously, he was a prisoner in Florence, S.C., where he suffered frostbite and lost all his toes. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Hospital Injury or Wound Health and Medical Prisoner of War Prison Camp |
| People | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) Churchill, Drazilla (fl. 1862-1865) Robins, Juliet G. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | David's Island, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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 | Mother |
| Civil War: Unit | 15th Michigan Infantry, A company |