Add to ORKGMentions Tom and his illness; possibility of Tom\u27s going to school; Virginia Military Institute; Abraham Lincoln and election; prospects for peace; possibility of Will\u27s marrying; winter quarters and return from the trenches; ladies returning to Petersburg since shelling has ceased; attending a wedding at St. Paul\u27s church in Petersburg; Frank Smith and John H. Nelsonhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1714/thumbnail.jp
Recent letter from Tom; description of what it is like to participate in a big battle (Seven Days Ba...
Received welcome letter from home; laughed to think of Tom doing the milking now that the slaves hav...
Home matters back in Holly Springs, Will\u27s grades; getting a letter from Mr. Nelson, assuring her...
Mentions Tom and his illness; possibility of Tom\u27s going to school; Virginia Military Institute; ...
Mentions Tom\u27s recent illness; writes of the upcoming session of the Virginia Military Institute;...
Tom\u27s illness and his wanting to enlist in the Army; Virginia Military Institute; food shortages;...
Describes his Christmas in Virginia; wanting to marry quite a bit and hoping to get mother\u27s perm...
Apologizes for not writing sooner; mentions Anthony Whitfield; presidential campaign of 1864; mentio...
Talks about the retreat to Orange C.H.; attends church with General Lee; provisions taken from Penns...
Worries that he has not heard from home recently; bombardment around the city of Petersburg; discuss...
Rejects idea of marriage for the present; his duties are to God, his country, and his immediate fami...
Recent letter from Tom; description of what it is like to participate in a big battle (Seven Days Ba...
Received welcome letter from home; laughed to think of Tom doing the milking now that the slaves hav...
Home matters back in Holly Springs, Will\u27s grades; getting a letter from Mr. Nelson, assuring her...
Mentions Tom and his illness; possibility of Tom\u27s going to school; Virginia Military Institute; ...
Mentions Tom\u27s recent illness; writes of the upcoming session of the Virginia Military Institute;...
Tom\u27s illness and his wanting to enlist in the Army; Virginia Military Institute; food shortages;...
Describes his Christmas in Virginia; wanting to marry quite a bit and hoping to get mother\u27s perm...
Apologizes for not writing sooner; mentions Anthony Whitfield; presidential campaign of 1864; mentio...
Talks about the retreat to Orange C.H.; attends church with General Lee; provisions taken from Penns...
Worries that he has not heard from home recently; bombardment around the city of Petersburg; discuss...
Rejects idea of marriage for the present; his duties are to God, his country, and his immediate fami...
Recent letter from Tom; description of what it is like to participate in a big battle (Seven Days Ba...
Received welcome letter from home; laughed to think of Tom doing the milking now that the slaves hav...
Home matters back in Holly Springs, Will\u27s grades; getting a letter from Mr. Nelson, assuring her...