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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01928 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Gabriel Colvin Wharton to Eliakim Parker Scammon asking him to allow several soldiers' wives living within Union lines to join their husbands |
| Date | 16 January 1863 |
| Author | Wharton, Gabriel Colvin (1824-1906) |
| Recipient | Scammon, Eliakim P. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written from the Narrows of New River. Confederate Colonel Wharton writes to Union General Scammon for General Samuel Jones. Requests that Scammon allow several Confederates soldiers' wives living within Union lines to join their husbands. On page two, Wharton notes that this letter will be delivered by Lieutenants Roche and Douglas, with an escort, and is signed again by Wharton. Docket notes "Rebel communication by flag of truce." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Union Forces Union General Women's History Marriage Truce |
| People | Wharton, Gabriel Colvin (1824-1906) Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Jones, Samuel (1819-1887) |
| Place written | West 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 |