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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09006.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Levi W. Norton |
| Title | Levi W. Norton to wife discussing looking after a prisoner and a calm battle |
| Date | 6 September 1861 |
| Author | Norton, Levi W. (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Rode horse-back with the Colonel through several gates and came across a large open field. Writes that the Colonel asked him to take care of Capt Stewart, a prisoner, for the evening; offers him peaches and makes him feel at home and happy. They became close in a short amount of time. He finds Capt Stewart to be a gentleman and scholar and a better man than those who arrested him, who are from the 1st Regt. of this Brigade. Capt Stewart directs "a company of patrols to look after nigger stealers." Tells his wife that she judged rightly about the battle; it was quiet, there was no fuss or excitement. His black boy Joe has just opened the tent and brought water. Doyle has a colored boy who is also directed to look after his interests. Writes that he of course looks after the boy too. He has finally received letters from his family and is eagerly awaiting the time when he can be at home with them. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Prisoner of War Military Camp Battle Infantry African American History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Military History Civil War Crime Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Servant Diet and Nutrition Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Confederate States of America |
| People | Norton, Levi W. (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Hastings-on-Hudson, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Children & Family |
| 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 |