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 - 1863-04-04
Description - Writes of traveling by the steamer Long Island from City Point to Fort Monroe, of how woebegone City Point looks due to bombing, seeing the Confederate flag flying, searching the Confederate prisoners, finding many Union items, such as canteens and haversacks which were taken from them, of prisoners being paroled as no Union soldiers ready yet to be exchanged. He also mentions seeing naval ships at Newport News, and where the Regiment might go next.
Subject - Prisoners of war.
- Steamboats.
- Fort Monroe (Va.).
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865).
- Hopewell (Va.) -- City Point.
Extent - 2 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-02-26, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 2/26/2013 11:07:04 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsBarneyValentine89
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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