Correspondence
Identifier
MUM00683, 1.29
Recipient
Roxana Chapin Gerdine (1833-1891)
Publication Date
9-9-1866
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Description
Joe writes to Roxana while she was visiting family in Chicopee, MA. He discusses the Mississippi gossip and mentions seeing quite a number of Confederate veterans recently (Col. Chalmers, Col. Sims, Col. Young). Joe also write about "Pa" in some detail (William L.C. Gerdine). Note: Joe's first wife and child died in 1865. He would remarry in 1867 to Rebecca C. Murrah and have eight children including Joe Jr. in 1870
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Travel; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Gerdine, William Louis Crawford, d. 1878; Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History; Confederate States of America
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Columbus (Miss.)
Original Collection
Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Comments
A.L.S. (2 p.)
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.