| Summary: | This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his family at home in Alabama on February 9, 1863. The letter discusses an acquaintance injured in battle and hospitalized, the leasing of slaves to other landowners, advises his family on growing crops including potatoes, beets, and grape vines, and decries merchants taking advantage of the war to drive up prices. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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