Letter from Eugene F. Cordell to his mother, Christine T. Cordell on August 29, 1861
| dc.contributor.author | Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, 1843-1913 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-02T17:25:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-02T17:25:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1861-08-29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10713/16543 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this letter, Eugene F. Cordell writes to his mother, Christine Turner Cordell about his host William Alexander. Cordell remains with Alexander while he continues to recover from measles. He writes about the Civil War, asks for new shirts, and comments on the cost of supplies. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Cordell Civil War Letters | |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | American Civil War | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cordell, Christine Turner | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cordell family | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Confederate States of America. Army | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Confederate States of America. Army--Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, 1843-1913 | en_US |
| dc.title | Letter from Eugene F. Cordell to his mother, Christine T. Cordell on August 29, 1861 | en_US |
| dc.type | Letter/Memo | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-02T17:25:16Z |
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