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 - 1861-05-25
Description - Topics include the rebels burning Hampton Bridge, the funeral of Benjamin Underwood, the food the Massachusetts Regiment is receiving from home, and false alarms of rebels. Hampton population, whites and blacks. Fortress Monroe now has close to 4,000 soldiers encamped; news that Vt. Regiment is about to be shipped out, destination unknown. Names mentioned: Gen. Butler, Col. Washburn, Maj. Worthen, Lt. Pickett, Col. Phelps, Capt. Clark, Andross, Judge Underwood, John Prichard, Mr. May, Mr. Batchelder, Ed. Wilcox, John Richards, Dr. Hartley, Daniel Johnson.
Subject - Fort Monroe (Va.).
- FarnhamRoswell 1827-1903.
- African Americans.
- Marching.
- Morale.
- Shooters of firearms.
Extent - 8 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] - cwuvmfarnham12
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color : 24 bits ; 300 ppi
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