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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.049 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Richard Jeffery to Aaron Jeffery about going to Wilmington to tend to the sick |
| Date | 4 October 1862 |
| Author | Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) |
| Recipient | Jeffery, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Has decided to leave Greensborough and go to Wilmington to "attend the sick" in that city, acknowledging that he is leaving his post without permission but rationalizes his behavior with the contention that his request must have "miscarried" in the mails. Richard was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy before the war. |
| Subjects | Civil War Navy Military History Health and Medical Post Office Confederate States of America Yellow Fever Disease |
| People | Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) |
| Place written | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 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 |