Letter from Charles Alston to General Quincy Adams Gilmore

Title:

Letter from Charles Alston to General Quincy Adams Gilmore

Date:

1865

Creator (Personal):

Alston, Charles, 1796-1881

Description:

A handwritten, two-page letter from Charles Alston to General Gilmore in which he petitions to regain possession of his house on East Battery in Charleston, South Carolina, which had been assigned to General Rufus Saxton following the Civil War. Alston argues that the house was never abandoned during the war because enslaved people remained in the outbuildings. On the back, the request is denied by Union officials such as Rufus Saxton and W. L. Burger.

Collection Title:

Edmondston-Alston Family Letters and Paper Materials, 1782-1919

Contributing Institution:

Middleton Place Foundation

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Series:

Edmondston-Alston House Museum Collections

Personal or Corporate Subject:

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Saxton, Rufus, 1824-1908

Topical Subject:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Petitions, Freed persons, Enslaved persons

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

EAH Box 1B

Date Digital:

2023

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information, contact the Middleton Place Foundation, 4300 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414.

Admin ID:

295755