Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1862 October 1-30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id105808
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1862-1865, written by Nathaniel Venable Watkins to his wife Nancy Daniel Watkins. During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His...
Dates:
1862 October 1-30
Pattie Watkins, Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her sister-in-law, Nannie V. Watkins
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id105810
Scope and Contents
Fears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.
Dates:
1862 October 1-30
Nathaniel V. Watkins, in camp at Chaffin's Bluff Batteries, to Captian Jho. R. Bagby
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id105812
Scope and Contents
Concerning a request for a furlough.
Dates:
1862 October 1-30
Nathaniel V. Watkins, in camp at Chaffin's Bluff Batteries, to his wife, Nannie V. Watkins
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id105816
Scope and Contents
Chances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as...
Dates:
1862 October 1-30