Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
Title - Ransom W. Towle to Friends
Creator - Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
Date Created - 1861-02-27
Description - Writing from his Virgina camp Griffin, Towle gives a description of a Battalion Drill and the ill health effects on the soldiers, of a gale storm damaging tents and overturning an ambulance with a sick soldier inside. He writes of orders from General McClellan to be ready to move, and states men are sick and death count to date for his regiment is 66.
Subject - Diseases.
- Drill and minor tactics.
- Military camps -- Virginia.
- United States Army -- Military life.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865).
- War casualties.
- McClellanGeorge Brinton 1826-1885.
Extent - 3 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-05-06, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 5/6/2011 4:04:21 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsTowleRansom13
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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