Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
John Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, to his daughter, Kate, Mrs. Ro. Blankenship, Old Dominion Nail Works, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 January-December
File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: id93727
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Regarding hope of a war between England and the United States in order to take the pressure off the South; buying blankets and overcoats for Southern soldiers; the formation of the Confederacy under Jefferson Davis; the progress of the war; the defeat of the "grand army" in its attempt to take Richmond; concern for his house in Williamsburg; the threat of an attack on Memphis.
Dates:
1861 January-December