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 - 1863-06-15
Description - Topics include telling of an incident with his horse, White Face, at Pope's Run on the railroad tracks with companion Nelson's horse falling resulting in Nelson landing in a stream below. Great excitement as a lot of troop movement reported. A train heading towards Centreville with forage and army wagons, the movement of Hooker’s army at Wolf Run & at Occoquan, Gen. Robert E. Lee moving to Shenandoah Valley (part of Gettysburg Campaign) & being outmaneuvered by Hooker and a brief description of sights seen at Bull Run battlefield with remains of dead soldiers still visible.
Subject - Battle casualties.
- Horses.
- HookerJoseph 1814-1879.
- Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
- LeeRobert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-1870 -- Assassination.
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-04-29, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 4/29/2011 4:26:44 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] - cwuvmfarnham170
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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