The Gold Book: A Civil War Memoir
de Sally Walter
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In the 1860s Ellwood was filled with anxiety. Lucy and Tom Gold lived there. Tom had built Ellwood with his own hands. Their only surviving child was Thomas Daniel Gold, who joined the Army of the South, and eventually was taken prisoner by the Yankees. His prisons were located in Lookout Point, Maryland and Elmira, New York. The following letters were written to him by his mother, Lucy, and other family members from 1862 to 1865.
Elmira was a notorious prison. It was so cold and hard that twenty-five men died every day. Tom was a lucky survivor. Shortly after he was released he married Sarah Helm Barnett. She had appeared to him as a vision coming down a sunbeam through a window in the prison. Together they had eight children in the late 1800s. Two of his love notes to her are included in this book. See pages 72 and 73.
Also included is Tom Gold’s chapter about his time as a Civil War soldier, which he wrote for his book, The History of Clarke County, Virginia. In it he speaks movingly of his time in Elmira.
To give a sense of life at Ellwood I have included Mary Washington Gold’s writing
about Ellwood and Grandma Lucy (pages 74-85) and some photos from her book, Holding On. Mary is the daughter of Tom and Sarah, and she is my great-aunt.
She gives a much fuller picture of Grandma Lucy and Ellwood. A list of six slaves of the Gold family is provided in the estate papers of John Gold, Tom Senior’s father, including Jim who was “priceless.” See page 87. Several chose to stay on at Ellwood farm, the only home they had ever known.
I have retained Grandma Lucy’s original spelling and grammar in my transcriptions. Her original handwriting is shown in the letters beside the transcriptions. I present this book as part of a family history and legacy. I hope you enjoy this dip into the past.
Sarah (Sally) Walter
Great Great Grand-daughter of Lucy Gold
March 2014
Elmira was a notorious prison. It was so cold and hard that twenty-five men died every day. Tom was a lucky survivor. Shortly after he was released he married Sarah Helm Barnett. She had appeared to him as a vision coming down a sunbeam through a window in the prison. Together they had eight children in the late 1800s. Two of his love notes to her are included in this book. See pages 72 and 73.
Also included is Tom Gold’s chapter about his time as a Civil War soldier, which he wrote for his book, The History of Clarke County, Virginia. In it he speaks movingly of his time in Elmira.
To give a sense of life at Ellwood I have included Mary Washington Gold’s writing
about Ellwood and Grandma Lucy (pages 74-85) and some photos from her book, Holding On. Mary is the daughter of Tom and Sarah, and she is my great-aunt.
She gives a much fuller picture of Grandma Lucy and Ellwood. A list of six slaves of the Gold family is provided in the estate papers of John Gold, Tom Senior’s father, including Jim who was “priceless.” See page 87. Several chose to stay on at Ellwood farm, the only home they had ever known.
I have retained Grandma Lucy’s original spelling and grammar in my transcriptions. Her original handwriting is shown in the letters beside the transcriptions. I present this book as part of a family history and legacy. I hope you enjoy this dip into the past.
Sarah (Sally) Walter
Great Great Grand-daughter of Lucy Gold
March 2014
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