Roswell Farnham to Laura

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Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War; Roswell Farnham Correspondence

Description: Lt. Chamberlain resigns due to illness, General Stoughton taken prisoner by Fitz Hugh Lee‚Äôs Cavalry at the Court House (Virginia), the large number of sick men in camp many with typhoid fever, fears his best horse will not regain health, enclosed pictures (ambrotype, a photograph), suggested reading for Laura with specific book titles stated as well as books he is reading (Motley's History of the Dutch Republic and Woman in White), orders for Colonel Blunt to report to the station to take command of the Brigade, description of who is in the photos being sent home.

Subject: Photographs.; United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1863).; Armed Forces -- Officers.; Prisoners of war.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.

Note [Digital Version]: 2011-04-29, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

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