- Collection:
- William C. Towle letters
- Title:
- William C. Towle letters
- Creator:
- Towle, William C., active 1830
- Date of Original:
- 1865-02-26/1865-05-29
- Subject:
- Slavery--Georgia--History
Augusta (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Savannah (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Enslaved people--Emancipation--Georgia
Slaves--Emancipation--Georgia
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care - People:
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Two letters from Union surgeon William C. Towle written to his wife. The first letter dates February 26, 1865, and details Towle's time in Savannah, Georgia, with the army and the newly free enslaved people he has hired since arriving. "I am living well; I pay a colored woman three dollars a month to cook for me, I have a man to take care of my horses and another to wait upon me..." The second letter dated May 29, 1865, details his time in Augusta, seeing Jeff Davis pass through the town, and his knowledge of newly emancipated enslaved people who are told to "not consider the word Freedom as meaning Freedom from labor." Towle ends his second letter by promising to send "a negro girl" to his wife. William C. Towle was a Union surgeon with both the 12th Maine Veteran Battalion and the 8th Indiana Veteran Volunteers during the Civil War.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4092_001-001#item
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4092_001-001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4092_001-001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- William C. Towle letters, ms4092, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 8 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
