Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1873)

Roxana is possibly pregnant with her fourth child, Lynn Van Horn Gerdine (b. 1873). She writes about the death of her step-daughter Lizzie Gerdine Sykes\u27 son Emmett and she notes her son Chapin\u27s reaction to the death. She writes of cholera outbreaks and the inability to buy a house in West Point, MS because of the poor cotton crophttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1120/thumbnail.jp

Roxanna Chapin Gerdine to Eliza McKinstry (1858)

Roxana writes about the beauty of Washington, GA; in-depth talk of slavery; feelings of guilt; talk of the union and possible secession; Senator Robert Toombs; a local Baptist revival meeting; her sister Lucy attending Mt. Holyoke \u27Seminary\u27; her sister Emily Chapin; and notes that she has been thinking of her deceased mother and sister recentlyhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1089/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1863 March 21)

Roxana writes of the death of her good family friend Gen. Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb at the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862); talks about her family and her worries over their father; talks about a possible trip north despite the war; talks about the opposition of her husband to the proposed trip north; begs her sister not to allude to military affairs; talks in general about the Confederacy; and discusses her continued sorrow over the warhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1109/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1863 December 13)

Roxana writes about her extreme sadness over the death of her three year old daughter, Pet, (Emma Sarah Chapin Gerdine); mentions not receiving any mail from the family; and the difficulty of getting greenbackshttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1110/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1865-1878)

Roxana mentions that she is not so enthusiastic about travel as she gets older; they have rented out the plantation to freedmen; mentions the trend of plantation owners to rent out their plantations to freedmen; they pay with cotton for their rent; mentions the scarcity of schools and churches; and talks about the death of her step-daughter Lizzie\u27s babyhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1114/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1862 January 25)

Roxana writes about the sickness of their sister Lucy [Lucy would die on March 21, 1862]; writes about the ban on the communication of war news north; says she is limited to only one page; tells her sister to direct her letters via Fort Monroe; mentions a Colonel Young and his family; and talks of her desire to travel north sometime in Marchhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1107/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1865 March 4)

Roxana writes of wanting the image Emily has of Pet her daughter who died in on October 17, 1863; this letter was possibly written after the death of their father Titus Chapin in 1865 as Roxana speaks about division of assets; Roxana is clear that she does not want to accept any money from her family for caring for their sister Lucy Chapin before her deathhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1111/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1862 November 24)

Roxana writes about her worries over what to do with the remains of their sister Lucy who died on March 21, 1862 of tuberculosis and is then buried at the Gerdine plantation. Lucy\u27s remains would not be returned to Chicopee, MA until after the Civil Warhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1108/thumbnail.jp

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860 April 2)

Roxana writes about a possible visit north but continues to worry about bringing a slave with her. She also notes the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Cobbhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1100/thumbnail.jp

Roxanna Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1858 March 28)

Roxana writes to her sister about her honeymoon trip; their arrival back in Athens, GA; all the greetings from her step-children and servants; and her first meeting with T.R.R. Cobbhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1091/thumbnail.jp