Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Title - Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
Creator - Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created - 1861-06-01
Description - Topics include the food that the soldiers eat, and that pilfering from local farms--even "secessionist"--is forbidden. Farnham assures his wife that newspaper reports of the war are highly exaggerated. A rebel attack is unlikely before they return to Vt. A German scouting party caused a stir with an accidental gun discharge. Col. Phelps assigns Farnham a camp security position--provost marshall. One concern is the slaves that have just left their masters, who arrive at Ft. Monroe with food to sell but may also be spies. The able-bodied are put to work; all others are considered for deportation to Liberia. Names: Officers Phelps, Peckett; Everett Shaw.
Subject - Military camps -- Virginia.
- FarnhamRoswell 1827-1903.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
- Freedmen.
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2010-10-18, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 10/18/2010 8:33:41 PM
Access Conditions - For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwuvmfarnham15
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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Digital Format - Text/Color : 24 bits ; 300 ppi
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