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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.31.19 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding cotton fields, the different responsibilities of soldiers and the food available |
| Date | 8 November 1862 |
| Author | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) |
| Recipient | Kellogg, Mary Wright |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Carroll Station. Includes the words of a love song. Describes the "darkies" returning home from the cotton fields with baskets of cotton on their heads. Explains what a cotton gin does and says the cotton fields are beautiful when fully ripe. Discusses the different responsibilities of soldiers and sergeants on guard duty. States part of his Brigade has gone to Boliver, Tennessee and if no attack occurs, Union General Ulysses S. Grant will move them to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Reports peaches are out of season but have been replaced with persimmons, grapes, and many different types of nuts. Remarks Union General George B. McClellan is generally liked but considered slow. Says the removal of Union General Don C. Buell was an excellent idea and he now expects "...stirring events in the West." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Art, Music, Theater, and Film Love Letters Women's History African American History Slavery Cotton Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Diet and Nutrition Union General |
| People | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) Kellogg, Mary Wright (1844-1912) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) Buell, Don Carlos (1818-1898) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Place written | Carroll Station, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: This collection consists chiefly of correspondence from Ira Blanchard, Lieutenant, Company H, 29th Illinois Infantry, to Mary (Wright) Kellogg. These letters document Blanchard's service at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and other areas throughout Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana from 1861-1863. Sometime after August 1863, Mary (Wright) Kellogg married Captain Henry Kellogg, and the letters from Blanchard ceased. In addition to the correspondence from Blanchard, this collection also includes a letter from Jason D. Wright to his niece Mary (Wright) Kellogg (1864), two obituaries for Mary (Wright) Kellogg (ca. 1912), a newspaper article mentioning Mary Kellogg's daughter, Mrs. L. E. Dodson (ca. 1927), and a collateral envelope. Blanchard enlisted 13 June 1861 in Illinois as a Sargeant. He mustered into "H" Co., Illinois, Infantry. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 20th Illinois infantry, H Company |