Correspondence
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Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904
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Identifier
Nelson_WC_b1f97
Recipient
Thomas Nelson (b. ca. 1848)
Publication Date
10-17-1864
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Description
Apologizes for not writing sooner; mentions Anthony Whitfield; presidential campaign of 1864; mentions the shelling on Petersburg; mentions social life; weather very cold; asking Tom to abandon the idea of enlisting in the Army; talks about Tom's illness; John Bell Hood; talks about prices of food being very high
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864; Bombardment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Weather; Health; Money; Whitfield, Anthony Dyer; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 9th; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th. Company G
Relational Format
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Original Format
correspondence
City
Petersburg (Va.)
Original Collection
William Cowper Nelson Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.