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Collection Reference Number GLC02166.100
From Archive Folder Collection of Alfred Hughes, a detainee at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer 
Title Alfred Hughes to Mary Hughes about the weather, children and belief that he will be released
Date 27 October 1862
Author Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Recipient Hughes, Mary  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Good health despite the cold weather; improved opinion of his children's pictures; confidence that authorities in Richmond will release him.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Prisoner of War  Civil War  Military History  Health and Medical  Confederate States of America  Prison Camp  Prisoner  Union Forces  Children and Family  Photography  
People Hughes, Mary (fl. 1862-1864)  Hughes, Alfred (fl. 1862-1864)  
Place written Camp Chase, Ohio
Theme The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Children & Family
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