Andrea Hawks Sloop Collection Civil War Letter
Item
- Description
- Civil War Letter from Alfred Tompkins to wife Sarah Tompkins written while he was a POW at Camp Chase (Union-operated prison camp for Confederate prisoners ) in Ohio. This was one of his last letters to home. He died from pneumonia.
- Subject
- Civil War
- Surry County (N.C.)
- Lowgap (N.C.) (N.C.)
- Camp Chase
- Alfred Tompkins
- Sarah Tompkins
- Tompkins
- family
- Date
- October 30, 1864
- Format
- letter
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- Beu_AHSC_AT_i001_mam
- Coverage
- Lowgap (N.C.)
