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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02829.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of the Allen Family, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America |
| Title | William B. Allen to Mary Mayberry about heat, loneliness and homesickness |
| Date | 13 August 1864 |
| Author | Allen, William B. (fl. 1834-1880) |
| Recipient | Mayberry, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Says heat is bad, but he feels better than he ever has except for loneliness. Says "I have not the least caus[e] to complain only some times when I am off of duty and get to thinking and studying I will get low spirited when thinking of home and friends and the time will get tedious but I have to throw it off[.] you Know my disposition as well as I do[.] I cant Help it sometimes." Received the photographs of Becky and Winfield. In reference to his family says "the longer I am from them the mor[e] I love them[.] I dont think I will be long from them[.] I dont know weithe[r] al men are alike and I dont think I was happier in my life than when I was home with my wife and little ones." Writes further about his family and his sadness at missing them. Says he received a letter from Joseph, who is on the James River. It seems their family friend Mr. Rocap has a bad assignment in the Navy and he tells his sister to have Rocap write to him because he might be able to assist him. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Mental Health Photography Friendship Children and Family |
| Place written | Aboard USS Resolute at Lookout Point, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family |
| 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 Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | USS Resolute |