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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03859.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Byron E. Churchill |
| Title | Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill complaining about the number of African Americans in the South and suggesting that they should be killed to prevent them from moving North after the war |
| Date | 24 November 1862 |
| Author | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) |
| Recipient | Churchill, Drazilla |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Churchill complains of the sheer number of African Americans in the South, and shows reservations about allowing them to become free: "[I]f the nigers are free…then you will see how them Black Devils will flock for the north and I am sure we don't want them round us in the north….I believe the Union would be far better off if they would kill off every niger there is in the south." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry African American History Slavery Emancipation Death Confederate States of America |
| People | Churchill, Byron (fl. 1862-1900) Churchill, Drazilla (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Grand Junction, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 | Mother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 15th Michigan Infantry, A company |