Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
Title - Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
Creator - Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
Date Created - 1863-10-19
Description - Barney writes that the Regiment has still not moved and he is very anxious that they do so, though the sickness in the Regiment is abating a little. Mentions several names of men (Col. [James Wolfe] Ripley, H. Meigs, Sartwell, Dr. Carpenter & Bellrose). He also writes of the arrival of another colored regiment and of the efforts of General William F. “Baldy” Smith in getting the Regiment moved. As well he writes of target shooting with his brother Lester and some of the other officers and nearly shooting himself in the leg while reloading.
Subject - African American soldiers.
- Diseases.
- Military camps -- Virginia.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865).
- Yorktown (Va.).
- Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe) 1794-1870.
- Smith, William Farrar 1824-1903.
Extent - 3 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-03-08, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 3/8/2013 6:40:40 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
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Identifier [Local] - cwvhsBarneyValentine135
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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