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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04662.064 |
| From Archive Folder | Charles E. Walbridge Collection |
| Title | Charles E. Walbridge to his mother sending a rose and discussing torpedo attacks |
| Date | 8 April 1864 |
| Author | Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He encloses a rose [included] that he picked near his house. His express box arrived almost two months after being sent, "There has been time enough I suppose for it to have reached Constantinople." He likes his new nightshirts. However, the pants are light blue, the color of regimental officers. He needs dark blue pants, the color of the general staff. The steamer "Maple Leaf" was blown up by torpedoes. General Hatch has organized "Boat infantry" to search for any additional torpedoes. Walbridge draws a small picture of a torpedo recovered by this detail and describes its mechanisms. [This is not included.] He was assigned to meet a group of Confederate officers, who had offered a flag of truce. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Gift Clothing and Accessories Uniforms Navy Steamboat Ammunition Weaponry Artillery Truce Confederate States of America |
| People | Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866) |
| Place written | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Science, Technology, Invention; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | 100th New York Volunteers, H Company |