Letters from Confederate St. Augustine resident H.B. Jenckes
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Title
Letters from Confederate St. Augustine resident H.B. Jenckes
Description
H.B. Jenckes writes to Mary Martha Reid detailing her opinion of occupying Union soldiers in St. Augustine, her health, and other issues concerning her.
Date
1862, 1894
Collection Items
March 10-13, 1862: H.B. JENCKES TO MARY MARTHA REID
Confederate St. Augustine resident, H.B. Jenckes' account of day-to-day activities in a March 10-13th, 1862 letter to Mary Martha Reid. Her initial concern is for a small attack at Tocoi, then she turns her attention to food shortages and the rising…
May 29, 1864: H.B. JENCKES TO MARY MARTHA REID
Confederate St. Augustine resident, H.B. Jenckes' 1864 letter from Ellisville, Mississippi to Mary Martha Reid. She expresses condolences for the battlefield death of Raymond Reid, and admiration for Mary Martha Reid's efforts as a Confederate nurse…
January 7, 1862: H.B. JENCKES TO MARY MARTHA REID
Confederate St. Augustine resident, H.B. Jenckes' 1862 letter to Mary Martha Reid. She details the food shortages affecting Confederate St. Augustine and foreshadows its Union occupation, if not for the help of England, writing, "I dread to hear. I…
May 26, 1862: H.B. JENCKES TO MARY MARTHA REID
Confederate St. Augustine resident H.B. Jenckes' 1862 letter to Mary Martha Reid detailing her asthma, day-to-day activities, opinion of the occupying Union soldiers, and the state of the church.