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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.079 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Edward R. Archer to his sister about running the Union blockade and surviving Florida |
| Date | 30 July 1865 |
| Author | Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) |
| Recipient | Archer, Kate |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Details Archer's life from his departure from London bound for Bermuda on June 13, 1864 to his return from Florida through the blockade on March 23, 1865. "...[I] made every narrow escape from, starving to death, and being eaten up by alligators..." Included in his travelogue are the ruminations undertaken by himself and several other Confederates through Bermuda, Havana, Florida's marshy coasts, through St Marks Tallahassee and Quincy to Albany and Macon before finally discovering the fate of the Confederacy. Numerous graphite additions have been inserted into the text in a hand rather similar to that of Archer, in an effort to edify several points of brevity or confusion. |
| Subjects | Travel Confederate States of America Navy Maritime Caribbean Blockade Confederate Soldier's Letter Latin and South America Military History Civil War Soldier's Letter |
| People | Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) Archer, Kate (fl. 1860-1865) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family |
| 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 |