Cassimere Churchill, Yorktown, Virginia, to "Dear Brother Albro", 1862 April 7

Item — Box: Small Collections Box 15, Folder: 1, Object: 16

Identifier: cuid309

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Cassimere Churchill, Yorktown, Virginia, to "Dear Brother Albro," 1862 April 7

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Scope and Contents

Cassimere writes, "The rebs run off Saturday leaving their guns and ammunition and tents. Sunday morning our cavalry and light infantry went in persuit and overtook their rear guard about noon...Monday they had a battle where our troops gained a complete victory...a number of our men killed by the bursting of shells that the rebs had planted under the surface of the ground..." He mentions the "sesesh" items he acquired. "The rebels wrote on some of their tents these words 'follow us on to Richmond'..."

Dates

Creation: 1862 April 7

Creator

From the Collection: Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861 (Person)

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