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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02166.038 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Alfred Hughes, a detainee at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer |
| Title | Alfred Hughes to Mary Hughes about lack of prison vegetation, a psalm and concerns about his family's health |
| Date | 17 August 1862 |
| Author | Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Recipient | Hughes, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Lack of vegetation in prison; Fifty-first Psalm and other devotional texts; concerns about his family's health in his absence. |
| Subjects | Prisoner of War Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Health and Medical Confederate States of America Prison Camp Prisoner Union Forces Diet and Nutrition Religion |
| People | Hughes, Mary (fl. 1862-1864) Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Camp Chase, Ohio |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Religion |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The collection includes his last will, news clippings relating to the war and prisoners of war. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |