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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02570.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry |
| Title | Gustave Cook to Eliza Cook discussing future plans |
| Date | 17 February 1861 |
| Author | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) |
| Recipient | Cook, Eliza |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Has arrived in Hayneville from Montgomery and plans to return to the latter to attend the inauguration of Jefferson Davis. Has received Eliza's letter and writes, "…I do assure you that I was much gratified that you had thought enough of me to write to me. Now you see I regard it as a very considerable matter to get a letter from you for you know you never write to anyone besides me, so you see I regard it as quite a compliment." Includes plan to open a plantation with his brother Girard when they return. Cook again believes he will be home sooner rather than later. He writes, "At any rate I shall be home by the 15th March." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Cavalry Inauguration Confederate General or Leader Children and Family Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Government and Civics |
| People | Cook, Gustave (1835-1897) Cook, Eliza Jones (b. 1837) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Hayneville, Alabama |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Born in Alabama on July 3, 1835, Cook moved to Texas alone at the age of 15 and studied law independently. Cook enlisted as a private in 8th Texas Cavalry, "Terry's Texas Rangers," in 1861 and was promoted to colonel by July 1863. After the war he became a circuit court judge for Galveston, served in the Texas state legislature and led an unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1890. He died in 1897 of complications from a wound suffered during his military service. |
| 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 Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 8th Texas Cavalry, H Company |