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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04513 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Endorsement on an envelope addressed to Martha Ready Morgan |
| Date | 11 December 1863 |
| Author | Johnston, William Preston (1831-1899) |
| Recipient | Morgan, Martha Ready |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Date taken from a pencil note on the envelope. One side of the envelope indicates the correspondence was sent under flag of truce terms to Mrs. Morgan, the wife of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, care of Johnston in Richmond, Virginia. Johnston endorses on verso, writing "With congratulations on Genl Morgan's escape." Contains a five cent Confederate postage stamp. Johnston possibly signed in Richmond. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Women's History Prisoner of War Truce |
| People | Johnston, William Preston (1831-1899) Morgan, Martha Ready (1840-1887) Morgan, John Hunt (1825-1864) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Johnston, the son of General Albert Sidney Johnston, served on the staff of Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. After the war, he served as a lawyer and educator. General Morgan was captured during a raid he led in the summer of 1863. In November 1863, Morgan and several of his men escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |