Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 23, 1861
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Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 23,
1861
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Date:1861-07-23
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Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 23, 1861
action: sent
sender: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: axm
revision: jxw 2021-05-14
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Page 1
Tuesday night
July 23rd
My dear mother,
We have
had three anxious days.
The cause of the retreat
of our army remains
unexplained, but is sup-
posed to have originat-
ed among the civilians
& teamsters. The loss
of life is not so great
as at first reported,
but is fearful to think
of. All the dead & nearly
all the wounded were
left on the field. The
cruelty of the rebels to
the wounded is without
parallel except in sav-
age warfare. They blew
up a building in which
were forty whose wounds
had been dressed and
many persons saw them
running their bayonets
through the wounded on
the battle field.
Among the civilians who
were there & have not
returned are Mr Ely
Birth: 1815-02-15 Death: 1892-05-18
– M. C.
Unknown
from Rochester, and Mr. Calvin Huson
Birth: 1822 Death: 1861-10-14
. Senator Foster
Birth: 1806-09-22 Death: 1880-07-19
barely escap- ed being taken prisoner.
Genl McDowell
Birth: 1818-10-15 Death: 1885-05-04
dined with us tonight.
Thursday morning.
Harriet Weed
Birth: 1819-02-06 Death: 1893-11-01
has been staying with us nearly
a week. She left last
evening with her Father
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
. She seemed to enjoy her
visit & was quite well
all the while.
I received your letter on
Tuesday. I am rather
glad to hear your
conclusion about M. T. W
Unknown
I have always feared
I should not like her.
If you think best I
will look for some one
here. I had many
applications in the Spring.
You would prefer a
white woman would
you not? Fosberg does
take care of the Silver.
During the last six
weeks I have had a
large number of visits
to return. There has
been many Strangers
in town, & many citizens
have called for the first
time. Mrs. Clement Hill
Birth: 1825 Death: 1871
for instance.
I do wish I could have
a long talk with you.
There are many things
I want to tell you about
that I cannot write.
We have not heard
from Clarence
Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24
in ten
days. Mr. Fowler called
here yesterday while I
was out. He did not
go to the State Dept.
This photograph of Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
was taken from a small
p oil painting which
Mr. Leutze
Birth: 1816-05-24 Death: 1868-07-18
has present- ed to me. It was, I
think the study for the
life size portrait painted
for Mr Roberts
Birth: 1814 Death: 1880-09-11Certainty: Probable
of New York. The one of Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
, Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
wrote for. I have none of my own that
size.
We cannot hear any-
thing of Mr. Ely or Mr
Huson.
Love to all. Affectionately
Your daughter
Anna