PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
THE CIVIL WAR YEARS
Webmaster Note: At the end of June, 1862, Lowe contracted malaria and returned to Pennsylvania to recover and be with his wife Leontine.
Get Well Letter from Major General A.A. Humphreys - July 23, 1862
(Webmaster Collection)
Prof. T.S.C. Lowe
Philadelphia, Pa.
Camp on James River, July 23d./62
Dear Sir:
I am glad to learn you are getting better - I have
no doubt that (there may only) your leaving here was a
matter of urgent necessity and that you could not have
recovered had you remained.
Your father I understand, left
here with the steamboat a week ago for a further supply
of materials which were urgently needed. He said nothing
to me concerning his intentions, plans, etc. I informed him
by note that I understand the supply of materials on hand
would last only ten or 15 days and that you were
responsible for heat making.
Thank you for the account of your voyage to
South Carolina.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
AA Humphreys
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