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Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. 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According to the 1850 census, he was a lumber dealer. Hughes graduated the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University) in 1853 and began practicing homeopathic medicine in Wheeling. His sister Eliza C. Hughes joined his practice in 1860.","During the American Civil War, Hughes was a Confederate sympathizer, who wrote for the  Baltimore Exchange.  He was arrested on May 30, 1862, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, until his parole in October or November 1862. Hughes moved to Richmond in January 1863 to practice and served in the Virginia Legislature until the end of the war.","Alfred Hughes married Mary Kirby Adrian (1832-1909) on November 1, 1849, and they had 10 children, including Thomas Hughes, Esq. Following the war, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and he set up another homeopathic practice, while also contributing to the  American Homoeopathic Observer.  He died on February 25, 1880, in Baltimore.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1870","Hughes, Alfred,  An Essay on Consuetudo Medicine  (Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania thesis), January 31, 1853, available online from Drexel University on Archive.org,  https://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 580, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Alfred Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Sale of Household Furniture.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 05 Jan. 1863, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Doctor Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughs\" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","Eliza C. Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes in 1817 in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). She graduated from the Penn Medical University at Philadelphia in 1860. In April of the same year, she joined her brother Alfred Hughes at his homeopathic medicine practice in Wheeling to focus on obstetrics, women's health, and children's health. She was one of the earliest women to practice homeopathic medicine in Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, she was briefly arrested for initially refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in August 1862. Hughes set up her own practice in Wheeling in January 1863, after her brother moved out of town. She died in May 1882 in Wheeling.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1860","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 581-582, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Eliza Clark Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131670475/eliza_clark_hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Arrest of a Secession Lady\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 18 Aug. 1862, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1862-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Miss Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 Jan. 1863, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","The guide to the Alfred Hughes Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alfred Hughes Family Papers was completed in February 2025. Initial description was completed in September 2023.","See the following related collections:","Mary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,  also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives","Letters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,  which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the  Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library  at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville","Collection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166  at the  Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  in New York City","This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. ","In Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.","A pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. ","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction .","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:\n http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. A pass issued to Hughes by Governor David Tod allows him to visit the prison after his parole, and a newspaper article discusses the U.S. Secretary of War order to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909","The materials in this collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.2023.110"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Alfred Hughes Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Alfred Hughes Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Alfred Hughes Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons"],"geogname_ssim":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons"],"creator_ssm":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"creator_ssim":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"creators_ssim":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"places_ssim":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. 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Hughes joined his practice in 1860.","During the American Civil War, Hughes was a Confederate sympathizer, who wrote for the  Baltimore Exchange.  He was arrested on May 30, 1862, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, until his parole in October or November 1862. Hughes moved to Richmond in January 1863 to practice and served in the Virginia Legislature until the end of the war.","Alfred Hughes married Mary Kirby Adrian (1832-1909) on November 1, 1849, and they had 10 children, including Thomas Hughes, Esq. Following the war, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and he set up another homeopathic practice, while also contributing to the  American Homoeopathic Observer.  He died on February 25, 1880, in Baltimore.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1870","Hughes, Alfred,  An Essay on Consuetudo Medicine  (Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania thesis), January 31, 1853, available online from Drexel University on Archive.org,  https://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 580, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Alfred Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Sale of Household Furniture.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 05 Jan. 1863, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Doctor Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughs\" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","Eliza C. Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes in 1817 in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). She graduated from the Penn Medical University at Philadelphia in 1860. In April of the same year, she joined her brother Alfred Hughes at his homeopathic medicine practice in Wheeling to focus on obstetrics, women's health, and children's health. She was one of the earliest women to practice homeopathic medicine in Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, she was briefly arrested for initially refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in August 1862. Hughes set up her own practice in Wheeling in January 1863, after her brother moved out of town. She died in May 1882 in Wheeling.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1860","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 581-582, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Eliza Clark Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131670475/eliza_clark_hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Arrest of a Secession Lady\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. 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Initial description was completed in September 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following related collections:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4166.xml\"\u003eMary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,\u003c/a\u003e also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu01563.xml\"\u003eLetters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,\u003c/a\u003e which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://library.virginia.edu/special-collections\"\u003eAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library\u003c/a\u003e at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/glc02166\"\u003eCollection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gilderlehrman.org/\"\u003eGilder Lehrman Institute of American History\u003c/a\u003e in New York City\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following related collections:","Mary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,  also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives","Letters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,  which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the  Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library  at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville","Collection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166  at the  Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  in New York City"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. ","In Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.","A pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:\n\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction .","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:\n http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_bb603db0c4531208bd83e130dfdb50d8\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. A pass issued to Hughes by Governor David Tod allows him to visit the prison after his parole, and a newspaper article discusses the U.S. Secretary of War order to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. A pass issued to Hughes by Governor David Tod allows him to visit the prison after his parole, and a newspaper article discusses the U.S. Secretary of War order to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"language_ssim":["The materials in this collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":7,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:20:14.434Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4165","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4165","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4165","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4165","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4165.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Hughes, Alfred, Family Papers","title_ssm":["Alfred Hughes Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Alfred Hughes Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1862"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1862"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.2023.110"],"text":["Ms.2023.110","Alfred Hughes Family Papers","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons","Civil War","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","The collection is open for research.","Alfred Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes on September 16, 1824, in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). According to the 1850 census, he was a lumber dealer. Hughes graduated the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University) in 1853 and began practicing homeopathic medicine in Wheeling. His sister Eliza C. Hughes joined his practice in 1860.","During the American Civil War, Hughes was a Confederate sympathizer, who wrote for the  Baltimore Exchange.  He was arrested on May 30, 1862, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, until his parole in October or November 1862. Hughes moved to Richmond in January 1863 to practice and served in the Virginia Legislature until the end of the war.","Alfred Hughes married Mary Kirby Adrian (1832-1909) on November 1, 1849, and they had 10 children, including Thomas Hughes, Esq. Following the war, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and he set up another homeopathic practice, while also contributing to the  American Homoeopathic Observer.  He died on February 25, 1880, in Baltimore.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1870","Hughes, Alfred,  An Essay on Consuetudo Medicine  (Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania thesis), January 31, 1853, available online from Drexel University on Archive.org,  https://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 580, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Alfred Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Sale of Household Furniture.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 05 Jan. 1863, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Doctor Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughs\" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","Eliza C. Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes in 1817 in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). She graduated from the Penn Medical University at Philadelphia in 1860. In April of the same year, she joined her brother Alfred Hughes at his homeopathic medicine practice in Wheeling to focus on obstetrics, women's health, and children's health. She was one of the earliest women to practice homeopathic medicine in Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, she was briefly arrested for initially refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in August 1862. Hughes set up her own practice in Wheeling in January 1863, after her brother moved out of town. She died in May 1882 in Wheeling.","Sources:","U. S. 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Initial description was completed in September 2023.","See the following related collections:","Mary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,  also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives","Letters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,  which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the  Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library  at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville","Collection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166  at the  Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  in New York City","This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. ","In Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.","A pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. ","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. 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Federal Census, 1850-1870\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHughes, Alfred, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAn Essay on Consuetudo Medicine\u003c/title\u003e (Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania thesis), January 31, 1853, available online from Drexel University on Archive.org, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes\"\u003ehttps://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHistory of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026amp; Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 580, available online from HathiTrust, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589\"\u003ehttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Dr Alfred Hughes\", Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\", \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily intelligencer\u003c/title\u003e (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/\"\u003ehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Sale of Household Furniture.\", \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily intelligencer\u003c/title\u003e (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 05 Jan. 1863, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/\"\u003ehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Doctor Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Alfred Hughs\" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEliza C. Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes in 1817 in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). She graduated from the Penn Medical University at Philadelphia in 1860. In April of the same year, she joined her brother Alfred Hughes at his homeopathic medicine practice in Wheeling to focus on obstetrics, women's health, and children's health. She was one of the earliest women to practice homeopathic medicine in Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, she was briefly arrested for initially refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in August 1862. Hughes set up her own practice in Wheeling in January 1863, after her brother moved out of town. She died in May 1882 in Wheeling.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eU. S. Federal Census, 1850-1860\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHistory of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026amp; Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 581-582, available online from HathiTrust, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589\"\u003ehttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Dr Eliza Clark Hughes\", Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131670475/eliza_clark_hughes\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131670475/eliza_clark_hughes\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\", \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily intelligencer\u003c/title\u003e (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/\"\u003ehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Arrest of a Secession Lady\", \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily intelligencer\u003c/title\u003e (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 18 Aug. 1862, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1862-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/\"\u003ehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1862-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\", \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily intelligencer\u003c/title\u003e (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 Jan. 1863, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-27/ed-1/seq-2/\"\u003ehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-27/ed-1/seq-2/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Feb. 17, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note - Alfred Hughes","Biographical Note - Eliza Hughes"],"bioghist_tesim":["Alfred Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes on September 16, 1824, in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). According to the 1850 census, he was a lumber dealer. Hughes graduated the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University) in 1853 and began practicing homeopathic medicine in Wheeling. His sister Eliza C. Hughes joined his practice in 1860.","During the American Civil War, Hughes was a Confederate sympathizer, who wrote for the  Baltimore Exchange.  He was arrested on May 30, 1862, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, until his parole in October or November 1862. Hughes moved to Richmond in January 1863 to practice and served in the Virginia Legislature until the end of the war.","Alfred Hughes married Mary Kirby Adrian (1832-1909) on November 1, 1849, and they had 10 children, including Thomas Hughes, Esq. Following the war, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and he set up another homeopathic practice, while also contributing to the  American Homoeopathic Observer.  He died on February 25, 1880, in Baltimore.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1870","Hughes, Alfred,  An Essay on Consuetudo Medicine  (Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania thesis), January 31, 1853, available online from Drexel University on Archive.org,  https://archive.org/embed/ducom_hu_theses_1853hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 580, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Alfred Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126370734/alfred-hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Sale of Household Furniture.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 05 Jan. 1863, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-05/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Doctor Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/193620 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughs\" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/records/1311061 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/148712 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Hughes\" in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1124/records/129911 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","Eliza C. Hughes was born to Thomas and Mary von Odenbaugh Hughes in 1817 in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). She graduated from the Penn Medical University at Philadelphia in 1860. In April of the same year, she joined her brother Alfred Hughes at his homeopathic medicine practice in Wheeling to focus on obstetrics, women's health, and children's health. She was one of the earliest women to practice homeopathic medicine in Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, she was briefly arrested for initially refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in August 1862. Hughes set up her own practice in Wheeling in January 1863, after her brother moved out of town. She died in May 1882 in Wheeling.","Sources:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1860","History of the Upper Ohio Valley, With Family History And Biographical Sketches, Vol. I (Madison, Wisc.: Brant \u0026 Fuller, 1890), pp. 332-335, 581-582, available online from HathiTrust,  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288589 , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Dr Eliza Clark Hughes\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131670475/eliza_clark_hughes , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Notice. Alfred Hughes, M. D. Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 April 1860, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1860-04-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Arrest of a Secession Lady\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 18 Aug. 1862, p. 3, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1862-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025.","\"Miss Eliza C. Hughes, M. D.\",  Daily intelligencer  (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]), 27 Jan. 1863, p. 2, available online from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026845/1863-01-27/ed-1/seq-2/ , accessed Feb. 17, 2025."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Alfred Hughes Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Alfred Hughes Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [folder], Alfred Hughes Family Papers, 1862, Ms2023-110, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [folder], Alfred Hughes Family Papers, 1862, Ms2023-110, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Alfred Hughes Family Papers was completed in February 2025. Initial description was completed in September 2023.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alfred Hughes Family Papers was completed in February 2025. Initial description was completed in September 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following related collections:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4166.xml\"\u003eMary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,\u003c/a\u003e also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu01563.xml\"\u003eLetters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,\u003c/a\u003e which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://library.virginia.edu/special-collections\"\u003eAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library\u003c/a\u003e at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/glc02166\"\u003eCollection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gilderlehrman.org/\"\u003eGilder Lehrman Institute of American History\u003c/a\u003e in New York City\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following related collections:","Mary Hughes Letter, Ms2023-111,  also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives","Letters to Thomas Hughes, 1871-1875, Accession #10949,  which contain letters from his father Alfred Hughes, at the  Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library  at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville","Collection of Alfred Hughes, Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166  at the  Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  in New York City"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes, a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. ","In Hughes's letter to his wife, he provides updates on his parole, expresses the importance of letters from loved ones, and warns his wife that their letters are being examined. (The collection contains a transcription of this letter.) Two letters are from Eliza C. Hughes to Alfred about the health of patients and mentions the family of other prisoners at Camp Chase. One letter expresses her opinions about where he is being held and racist opinions about Black people. There are also 3 envelopes addressed to Hughes in Columbus, Ohio, presumably after being paroled. Most of the envelopes are marked as examined by an official at the prison or addressed to D. B. Tiffany, the prison postmaster.","A pass issued by Ohio Governor, David Tod, grants Alfred Hughes permission to visit Camp Chase after his parole on Nov. 21, 1862. There is also an undated newspaper clipping about an order made on November 22, 1862 by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union. "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:\n\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction .","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:\n http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_bb603db0c4531208bd83e130dfdb50d8\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. A pass issued to Hughes by Governor David Tod allows him to visit the prison after his parole, and a newspaper article discusses the U.S. Secretary of War order to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an official at the prison. A pass issued to Hughes by Governor David Tod allows him to visit the prison after his parole, and a newspaper article discusses the U.S. Secretary of War order to release people imprisoned for discouraging enlistment or opposing the draft in the Union."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880","Hughes, Eliza C., 1817-1882","Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909"],"language_ssim":["The materials in this collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":7,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:20:14.434Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4165"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Alfred S. Roe Report","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"This 1865 report by Alfred Seelye Roe (1844-1917) details his experience as a prisoner of war (POW) during the American Civil War. The document is a questionnaire from the Office of War Prisoners' Division of the New York Bureau of Military Record. Roe discusses his capture and general experience as a Union POW in Confederate prisons, primarily at Danville, Virginia. Roe served in Company A, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, in the Union Army and following the war was a school teacher, principal, historian, and state legislator in Massachusetts.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4163","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4163.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Roe, Alfred S., Report","title_ssm":["Alfred S. Roe Report"],"title_tesim":["Alfred S. Roe Report"],"unitdate_ssm":["1865"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1865"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.2023.108"],"text":["Ms.2023.108","Alfred S. Roe Report","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons","Civil War","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","The collection is open for research.","Alfred Seelye Roe was born to Rev. Austin Marinus Roe and Polly Catherine Seeyle on June 8, 1844, in Rose, Wayne County, New York. Roe was a school teacher when the American Civil War broke out. He enlisted on January 21, 1864, as a private in Company A, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, in the Union Army. On July 15, 1864, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war, primarily at Danville, Virginia, until February 1865. He transferred to Company L of the 2nd New York Heavy Artillery on June 27, 1865. ","Following the war, Roe graduated from Wesleyan University in 1870 and returned to teaching, eventually becoming a high school principal in Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1892 to 1898. Roe also wrote and published on history topics.","Roe married Nora Ardelia Metcalf (1856-1910) on June 22, 1874, and they had four children. He passed away on January 6, 1917, in Worcester.","Source:","U. S. Federal Census, 1850-1910","\"Alfred Seelye Roe\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101366456/roe , accessed February 17, 2025.","\"Alfred Seelye Roe\" in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com,  https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1555/records/3157475 , accessed February 17, 2025.","Alfred Seelye Roe,  The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery , Worcester, Mass.: Published by the Author, 1899, pp. 432-434, available online from Google Books at  https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ninth_New_York_Heavy_Artillery/waXJe-MEzXgC , accessed February 17, 2025.","Alfred S. Roe Civil War papers, 1862-1865, 1891-1892, Special Collections \u0026 Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA,  https://archives.wesleyan.edu/repositories/2/resources/44 , accessed February 17, 2025.","Alfred Seelye Roe Papers, Worcester Historical Museum Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts,  https://worcesterhistorical.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/roe-alfred-seelye-papers-1978.52.5.pdf , accessed February 17, 2025.","The guide to the Alfred S. Roe Report by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alfred S. Roe Report was completed in September 2023.","Learn more about Alfred S. Roe and other places that have collections at the SNAC Cooperative.","See the following collections for more on Alfred S. Roe:","Alfred S. 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Most of these records pertain to Confederate companies and individuals from Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, but there are also a few records related to companies and soldiers within the Union Army. Other materials include personal letters from Civil War soldiers giving views of camp life and activities in and around Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, writings by local historian John W. Wayland, twentieth century newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War, letters and poetry by Cassie Moncure Lyne, materials relating to Harrisonburg Civil War museums and monuments, and late nineteenth and early twentieth century bulletins and pamphlets about the Civil War. Please note that not all dates are inclusive.","Four Muster Rolls: Two from Union regiments in Illinois and New Hampshire; one from a Union convalescent regiment in Virginia; and one from Captain George A. Foster's company E, 20th regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry. 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An Address by Abraham Lincoln delivered before the R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, 1909. Miss Rutherford's Scrapbook, \"Valuable Information About the South: History of Slavery—The South Did Not Fight to Hold Slaves,\" 1925. Various informational booklets about Camp Chase, Ohio, and the activities of various Civil War veterans groups.","\"Bell Boyd: Southern Spy of the Shenandoah\" by Laura Virginia Hale, undated. \"Constitution and By Laws of the Stonewall Brigade Band,\" 1900. \"Two Generals Kidnapped,\" An account of the capture of General George Cook and Benjamin Kelly by McNeill's Rangers, 1944. \"McNeill's Last Charge,\" An account of Captain John H. McNeill and his Rangers, 1944.","The location of some original letters is unknown.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu). 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