Black mother Delia Fry writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her son
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Black mother Delia Fry writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her son
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Delia Fry to Thomas from Baltimore, 21 Oct 1864 stating that she has heard that her son Jesse Fry of 4th USCT has been killed and he was her only source of support.
Date
10/21/1864
Coverage
Baltimore, MD
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Black Maryland Woman to the Adjutant General of the Army
Baltimore oct 21st 1864
Adjt Gen Thomas
Dr Sir, My Son Jesse Fry Co. I. 4th U.S.C.T. on whom I was almost wholly dependent has been reported Killed please inform me if such is the fact, if it is so please give me the date of his death, and where he was killed, Your obt Sevant
Delia Fry
no 160 Sarah Ann
Street Balt Md
Delia Fry to Adjt Gen Thomas, 21 Oct. 1864, F-28 1864, Letters Received, ser. 366, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-344]. A note on the file reads “Oct 25/64. Reply written ‘Absent sick’ (place not known).” According to his service record, Jesse Fry was discharged in Philadelphia “from Summit House USGH on account of epilepsy and general debility” on May 5, 1865. (Service record of Jesse Fry, 4th USCI, Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations: Civil War, ser. 519, RG 94.)
Baltimore oct 21st 1864
Adjt Gen Thomas
Dr Sir, My Son Jesse Fry Co. I. 4th U.S.C.T. on whom I was almost wholly dependent has been reported Killed please inform me if such is the fact, if it is so please give me the date of his death, and where he was killed, Your obt Sevant
Delia Fry
no 160 Sarah Ann
Street Balt Md
Delia Fry to Adjt Gen Thomas, 21 Oct. 1864, F-28 1864, Letters Received, ser. 366, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-344]. A note on the file reads “Oct 25/64. Reply written ‘Absent sick’ (place not known).” According to his service record, Jesse Fry was discharged in Philadelphia “from Summit House USGH on account of epilepsy and general debility” on May 5, 1865. (Service record of Jesse Fry, 4th USCI, Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations: Civil War, ser. 519, RG 94.)
Citation
“Black mother Delia Fry writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her son,” Black Maryland in the Civil War—A Microedition of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, accessed August 8, 2026, https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/65.