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Lucy Webb Hayes Civil War Correspondence

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Title	Lucy Webb Hayes Civil War Correspondence
Subject	Military Ohio Presidents and Politics Civil War Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889 Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863 First ladies
Place	Chillicothe (Ohio) Ross County (Ohio) Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio) Fremont (Ohio) Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description	Lucy Webb Hayes wrote these three letters to her husband, future president Rutherford B. Hayes, during the Civil War. In the first letter dated June 13, 1861, Hayes expresses her joy at having received her first letter from her husband since he went away to fight. She also writes that she would be happier if she could join him, which she later did when Hayes was stationed in the Kanawa Valley in West Virginia. The four-page letter was written from her home in Cincinnati. A second four-page letter from July 1863 documents Morgan's Raid into southern Ohio. The final three-page letter, dated April 24, 1865, shows Lucy Hayes' preparations for meeting her husband upon his discharge and their ensuing trip to Washington, D.C. for the Grand Review of the Army. All three letters include news of the Hayes family and notes from the children to their father. The letters are approximately 5" x 8" (12.7 cm x 20.32 cm). Lucy Webb Hayes (1831-1889) was born Lucy Ware Webb in Chillicothe, Ohio. Lucy and Rutherford B. Hayes were married in 1852 and had eight children, five of whom survived to adulthood: Birchard, Webb, Rutherford Platt, Fanny, and Scott. She is noteworthy as the first wife of a president to be called "First Lady" and the first to have graduated from college. As First Lady, she banned the serving of alcohol in the White House, giving her the nickname "Lemonade Lucy." A strong anti-slavery supporter, Lucy worked for many social causes, including scholarships for American Indians and donations for the poor. When Congress banned children from rolling out their Easter eggs on the grounds of the Capitol, Lucy invited the children to the White House. The tradition continues today.
Creator	Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889
Date of Original	1861 - 1865
Collection	Rutherford B. Hayes Papers http://www.rbhayes.org/mssfind/cwltrs_hpge.htm
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Type	Text; 1861;1865
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om199_1148787_001
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Full Text	[corresponds to page 1 of Lucy Webb Hayes Letter to Rutherford B. Hayes, June 13, 1861] Lucy W. Hayes June 13, 1861 [underlined twice]- Mar [underlined twice] Cincinnati. June 13 th [superscript] Dearest Ruddy, I cannot tell you how happy your first letter made me- I felt certain - satisfied that you loved me as dearly and truly as in all the past years- How rapidly time passes away we are now almost old folks and yet it is but a few months in feeling- I was down street to day and when I came home found your dear letter and read it and reread it till I almost knew it by heart- I can sympathize with your feelings as the men were sworn in- what a solemn sight it is- and oh how my heart fills with joy and feelings too great for utterance crowd upon me as I think of our brave men- This morning as I was going down street a young man

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