Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]

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

Description: Two letters dated the 25th and 27th of June telling of marching to Centreville, camping beyond there, sharing a tent with the Chaplain, heavy rain, the brigade now reporting to General Reynolds of the 1st Army Corps, his horse Burnie sick again and knows the horse must go along or be put down. In the letter of the 27th tells of moving to Poolesville, Maryland, of his horse, Burnie, feeling better & may do fine and the soldiers being kept in the field until very end of their military service.

Subject: Horses.; Marching.; Military camps -- Maryland.; United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1863).; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.

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

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