Warrick Hockaday letters to his wife [manuscript], 1863.

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Hockaday, Warrick, circa 1831-1864. Warrick Hockaday letters to his wife [manuscript], 1863.

Warrick Hockaday letters to his wife [manuscript], 1863.

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In a letter, 1863 August 4, Hockaday discusses the capture of his brother Thomas at Gettysburg, the horrors that would follow a Union victory, the hiding of livestock and the petitioning of Union officers for protection; binding out the child of an impoverished [widow?], and selling wheat and tobacco. In a letter, 1863 October 4, Hockaday discusses the value of Confederate money, distilling liquor from her crops, news of local boys, and hopes for an end to the war after the Union's Western Army is destroyed. Both letters contain considerable religious sentiment.

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