Letter from Mary W. Driskill to Mag Caldwell and Martha W. Harris, February the 2nd 1863
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Identifier: 845.1.c.1
Letter from Mary W. Driskill of Brownsville, in Paulding County Georgia, to her sisters Mag Caldwell and Martha W. Harris in North Carolina. Mary and her young daughter are living alone on a farm while her husband serves in the Confederate Army at Vicksburg. She discusses life on the farm during the war, high food prices, being injured in a fall from a horse, and a new factory job.more...
     
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Letter from Mary W. Driskill of Brownsville, in Paulding County Georgia, to her sisters Mag Caldwell and Martha W. Harris in North Carolina. Mary and her young daughter are living alone on a farm while her husband serves in the Confederate Army at Vicksburg. She discusses life on the farm during the war, high food prices, being injured in a fall from a horse, and a new factory job.
Creator(s)
Driskill, Mary W.
Date
February 02 , 1863
Call Number
845.1.c.1
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Robert C. Caldwell Collection
Social and Family Life
Military History
- Civil War

Subject(s)
Driskill, Mary W.--Correspondence
Harris, Martha W.--Correspondence
Caldwell, Mag--Correspondence
Letters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Finding Aid
Caldwell, Robert C., Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--Georgia--Paulding County (Ga.)--Brownsville (Ga.)
Type
text
Medium
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
142mm x 207mm
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