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Collection Reference Number GLC04558.031
From Archive Folder Collection of George W. Tillotson 
Title George W. Tillotson to his wife wishing he could help on the farm
Date 16 July 1862
Author Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  
Recipient Tillotson, Anne Elizabeth  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Still in hospital, Regiment at Norfolk. Mail, picking whortle berries, wishing he could help on the farm, different tent styles. "There are about three hundred Contrabands sent from this island the other day to Newburn to go to school."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Health and Medical  Hospital  Diet and Nutrition  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Military Camp  Education  Contrabands  African American History  Slavery  
People Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)  Tillotson, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1861-1898)  
Place written Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Agriculture
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Tillotson was thirty-one years old when he enlisted as a corporal on November 5, 1861. He mustered in H company of the NY 89th infantry or Dickinson Guards and later promoted to Sergeant. He was discharged on December 18, 1864.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 89th New York infantry, H company