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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09315.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters from a Union private to his wife and family |
| Title | John W. Boston to his wife and children commenting on his health and women he has seen around camp |
| Date | 14 December 1862 |
| Author | Boston, John W. (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Boston, Mary J. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Has come down with a cold. Says he is in a dangerous place. Says the only women he sees are "nigger wenches, and i hate them, every once and a while i see a white woman..." Would like to be with her and the children. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Sherman's March to the Sea Military History |
| People | Boston, John W. (fl. 1862-1865) Boston, Mary J. (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Camp Wear |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Health & Medicine; 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 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Unit | 81st Ohio Volunteers, A Company |