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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04662.010 |
| From Archive Folder | Charles E. Walbridge Collection |
| Title | Charles E. Walbridge to his mother requesting clothing and describing a visit to a local plantation |
| Date | 12 July 1862 |
| Author | Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He asks his mother to send various articles of clothing and leather goods such as sword belts, boots and a holster. The regimental quartermaster is returning so Walbridge may have to return to his company. Describes an officer's dinner and a visit to a local plantation where the overseer complained about Union troops taking all the grain. He encloses a Secesh pay roll and buttons, confederate money, and a court deposition dated 1689, which he took from Warwick Court House [none of these items are included in the collection]. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Military Supplies Clothing and Accessories Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Diet and Nutrition Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Confederate States of America Soldier's Pay Coins and Currency Finance Uniforms |
| People | Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866) |
| Place written | Harrison's Landing, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; 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 Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 100th New York Volunteers, H Company |