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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.42.37 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | May Flower to her uncle regarding news from home |
| Date | 12 February 1864 |
| Author | Flower, May (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written at Penfield by May Flower. States that her mother will not let her write because she does not write well enough yet. Asks if he has to "work" on Sunday. Writes that her mother has told her about his childhood. Tells him that sometimes her uncle allows her to do his hair. She would like to do his hair for church. A note is added by May's mother explaining that the uncle whose hair May does is a man named Mr. Marvin [?]. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Woman Author Women's History Personal Hygiene Religion Civil War Military History Union Forces |
| People | Flower, May (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Uncle |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 74th Illinois infantry, I Company |