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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05016 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | M. Jeff Thompson to Mary G. Rogers regarding his and other Confederate generals' imprisonment |
| Date | 22 April 1864 |
| Author | Thompson, M. Jeff (Meriwether Jeff) (1826-1876) |
| Recipient | Rogers, Mary G. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thompson, a Confederate general taken as prisoner at Fort Delaware, writes to thank Rogers for a basket of "'goodies' such as only sweet ladies can make. ... which remind us of our dear homes in the days of 'piping peace' when Plenty and Happiness overspread our land, and before red-handed War had scattered Ruin and Desolations round our hearthstones." Petition style document signed by 11 Confederate officers (colonels) including Basil W. Duke, Hart Gibson, C.H. Morgan, Jas. J. Andrews, R.C. Morgan, Jno. A. Tomlinson, Cicero Coleman, Lucius H. Smith, W.W. Ward, Jas. Shecker, and Robert Vance. Thompson signs as a Brigadier General. Addressed to Rogers in New Castle, Delaware. Meriwether Jefferson Thompson, "The Swamp Fox of the Confederacy," was a brigadier general in the Missouri state guard. He served as a Confederate cavalry commander, was taken prisoner in August of 1863 and exchanged for a Union general the next year. Basil W. Duke (1838-1916) had been captured during Morgan's Ohio raid. He and his men had served as an escort for President Jefferson Davis; he was promoted to brigadier general in 1864. Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), captured at Schultz's Mill, Tennessee, was promoted to brigadier general in March of 1863. |
| Subjects | Women's History Gift Prisoner of War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Military History Civil War Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Petition |
| People | Thompson, M. Jeff (Meriwether Jeff) (1826-1876) |
| Place written | Fort Delaware, Delaware |
| Theme | The American Civil War; 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 |