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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.17 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | Wallace Mitchell to Floretia Mitchell with news that it is almost certain they will return home soon |
| Date | 3 July 1861 |
| Author | Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867) |
| Recipient | Mitchell, Floretia |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The paymaster is in camp and they are sure to be sent home soon. He has been excused most of his duties so that he can "spend my time with the pencil". Also included is a rough sketch of a woman by "a Va artist" and an account of a Mr. Samuel Andrews, detailing different taxes owed on personal property and slaves. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Soldier's Letter Art, Music, Theater, and Film Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers Soldier's Pay Slavery African American History Taxes or Taxation Finance |
| People | Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) Mitchell, Floretia (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Place written | Camp Wright, Oakmont |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder information: Union soldier, 16th PA Cavalry, Archive of 32 letters, 1861-1867. Details of cavalry life in the Army of the Potomac, illustrations, Union Patriotic envelopes, etc., revealing the conditions in the army: "Our men are many of them almost naked and to tell the plain truth have nearly starved we have agree among ourselves not to send home any word about our condition until now." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, C Company |