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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01977 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Daniel H. Hill to his wife Isabella M. Hill regarding Gen. Thomas Jackson's critical situation |
| Date | 7 March 1862 |
| Author | Hill, Daniel H. (1821-1889) |
| Recipient | Hill, Isabella M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Relates accounts of his long a hard marches. Says General Thomas Jackson's "situation is very, very, very critical," as he is being pressed by the Union army, and hopes he is "fortunate in extricating himself." While McClellan and the bulk of the Union army was attempting to take Richmond from the South, Hill and Jackson were charged with defending the Northern approach to the Confederate capitol, from which the Union also threatened. Says "It seems strange that your Father should have two son-in-laws holding the advance posts of a great Army. Perhaps, such a thing never occurred before." Jackson and Hill were brothers in law. Signed "Husband." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Congress Union Forces Soldier's Letter Confederate Soldier's Letter Children and Family |
| People | Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey) (1821-1889) Hill, Isabella Morrison (1825-1904) Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863) Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863) |
| Place written | Dover, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| 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 |
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