United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Sinclair, Carrie Bell, 1839-1864This collection consists of two letters from Carrie Sinclair, both written from Savannah. The first letter replies to a letter sent by an unknown admirer; in it, Sinclair writes about herself and what she expects of the man who will gain her love. The letter's body contains two poems. The second letter is similar to the first and also includes to poems. In it, Sinclair mentions she has mailed him a copy of her poem, "The Soldier's Suit of Grey." Also included in this collection is a broadside of "The Soldier's Suit of Grey," bearing the note "Air - 'Bonnie Blue Flag.'"Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883) was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her father was a Methodist minister who retired from the ministry because of his health. After his death, the family lived in Macon and Savannah, Georgia, North Carolina, Georgetown, South Carolina, and then in Augusta, Georgia. It was in Augusta that Sinclair began her career as a poet. Some of her poems were set to music and became well-known songs of the Confederacy. The best known of these were "The Homespun Dress" and "The Soldier's Suit of Grey." A collection of her poems was published as Poems by Carrie Bell Sinclair (Augusta: 1860).America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.image/x-djvuapplication/pdfengCarrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem, MS 731, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--PoetryCarrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem 1864Text