Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter from Braisher City to Sister Louisa, 1863
Entry/Object ID
AM1993.37.28AB
Scope and Content
Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter from Braisher City to Sister Louisa, 1863. A piece of cotton was in this letter. He is 56 miles from Braisher City. It is 80 miles from Braisher to Orleans. They will keep the rebs in check while General Banks is getting a good position on the Rio Grande Texas. The nights are cool so they have to have overcoats. There is all kinds of vegetables growing in gardens. There are large fields of yellow and white cotton, and he has picked 11 oranges. It has been three winters that he has not seen snow.
He describes the men (nationalities) that keep the stalls in the markets.
B. Is the piece of cotton that was inside this letter. Dated November 26, 1863.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Letter
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Correspondence
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Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
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Civil wars
Search Terms
Texas in the Civil War, Braisher City, Rio Grande River