General correspondence, 1860-1861
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Letters document Eunice Stone's plan to join her husband and sister in Mobile, Alabama, and some of her first impressions of Alabama after arriving. On January 6th, 1861, she writes her brother Charles Henry and asks him if he is "coming down here to fight us." On April 29th, 1861, she also writes about her thoughts upon the outbreak of the Civil War and what it is like to be a supporter of the Union in the South. On June 6th, 1861, Lois writes to her son Charles Henry, who joined the Union, telling him not to worry about their family in the South and describing the atmosphere in New England.
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