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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02176.26 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Matthew Wood, C company, 9th regiment, Ohio, Cavalry |
| Title | Matthew Wood to Sarah Wood describes the differences in climate between Ohio and North Carolina and comments on the state of the Confederate cause |
| Date | 8 April 1865 |
| Author | Wood, Matthew (fl. 1862-1891) |
| Recipient | Wood, Sarah |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written from Mt. Olive, North Carolina to his wife. Describes again the differences in climate between Ohio and North Carolina. Comments on the state of the Confederate cause, saying "Old Lee has got out of Richmond and a going round like a roaring lion seeking how he may save his old treacherous neck," and "I am in good heart about the war ending if Lee did get out forty men will desert him, and another thing they can not feed a concentrated army two weeks any where...They have no artillery of any account so if they come facing Old Bill with Grant in their rear they will soon get their feet into it." Concludes with a small rhyming poem. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Cavalry Sherman's March to the Sea Geography and Natural History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Desertion Military Provisions Artillery Union General Poetry Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Wood, Matthew (fl. 1862-1890) Wood, Sarah (fl. 1862-1916) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | Mt. Olive, North Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Matthew Wood served in the Ohio Ninth Cavalry with Burnside's army in Tennessee, and William T. Sherman's army at the burning of Atlanta and capture of Savannah. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, C company |