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Box Small Collections Box 14

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Contains 108 Results:

Letter, 1862 May 2

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: cuid288

Letter, 1862 August 4

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: cuid290

Letter, 1863 January

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: cuid291

Letter, 1862 May 25

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: cuid289

Letter, 1862 May 26

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter from Henry W. Smart, Richmond, Va., to "Sister," no place. He expresses fear at the approach of the oncoming "Yankees". He writes that Jefferson Davis is determined to defend Richmond to the "last extremity" and comments on the sinking of the Merrimac. He mentions Stonewall Jackson's victory at Winchester, Va., and his opinions of various generals. Smart feels that the military tactics used in Virginia have not been well planned and that nothing will happen until Gen. George B....
Dates: Other: 1862 May 26

Letter, 1863 June 14

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A letter from Charles E. Turner, Yorktown, to "Brother". He describes the skirmishes at Blackwater and Suffolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 June 14

Letter, 1862 April 20

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letter from Oliver H. Sargent in Yorktown Plains, Virginia to a friend, Hoyt, regarding a battle during the opening seige of Yorktown in which his unit, the 22nd Massachusetts participated. The collection includes a cabinet photograph of Oliver Sargent in uniform. Sargent was possibly killed in action by a Confederate landmine, one of the first Union soldiers to be killed in that manner.

Dates: 1862 April 20

Letter, 1862 April

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letter from William Lynch, 53rd Regiment, Va. Vol., Engineer's Corp, Yorktown, Virginia, to Provost Marshal, asking to be released to help defend Yorktown from Union troops. A typescript is included.

Dates: Other: 1862 April