Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains three letters written by George J. Whitman, of the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, during the Civil War. The letters, written to Whitman's wife Ruth, focus largely on personal matters. Whitman provides instruction on managing their personal financial/legal affairs and having work done on their farm but eventually concedes the impracticality of his long-distance advice, writing, "[Y]ou must do with things as you think best I leeve evrything in your care and what you think...