| Title: |
Letter from Sarah Hildreth Butler to Benjamin Franklin Butler, July 31, 1864
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1988-D1212
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1864
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| Speaker: |
Butler, Sarah Jones Hildreth, 1816-1876
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
17-Aug-1816
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Lowell, MA; Massachusetts; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Actor; Military wife; Politician's wife
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| Age at speaking: |
48
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| Document location: |
Fortress Monroe, VA
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| Document date: |
31-Jul-1864
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| People discussed: |
Abraham Lincoln; Grant, Hiram Ulysses; Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham; Mary Todd Lincoln; Todd, Mary; Ulysses S. Grant
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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| Historical events discussed: |
Battle of the Crater, VA, July 30, 1864; Siege of Petersburg, VA, June 18, 1864-April 2, 1865; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abraham Lincoln; Battle of the Crater, VA, July 30, 1864; Grant, Hiram Ulysses; Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham; Mary Todd Lincoln; Siege of Petersburg, VA, June 18, 1864-April 2, 1865; Todd, Mary; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865; U.S. Department of the Treasury; Ulysses S. Grant
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Chain of command; Economics; Entertainment and recreation; First lady; Generals; Gossip; Heads of state; Hospitality; Military; Military orders; Military war casualties; Political rivalries; Politics; Trenches; Writing formats; Writing from field
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S1988-D1212-353
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