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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.32.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Mary Braithwaite to Isora Sayles Skinkle discussing religion and friends and family |
| Date | 18 November 1860 |
| Author | Braithwaite, Mary (fl. 1860-1867) |
| Recipient | Skinkle, Isora Sayles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to her friend about how much she misses her. Wishes for her not to move away in case they may return. Comments how she has not been to church but once and how she longs to go. Notes that she has spent the last week in bed and that she needs the prayers of all the Christians. Writes, "Isora are the young folks as wild as ever I hope they may see a beauty in religion for there is nothing else that can save them..." Inquires about friends and family. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Friendship Immigration and Migration Religion |
| People | Braithwaite, Mary (fl. 1860-1867) Sayles, Isora (fl. 1860-1868) |
| Place written | Hinsdale, Illinois |
| Theme | Religion; 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: Unit | 95th Regiment, Illinois, infantry |