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 - 1863-04-26
Description - A reconnaissance in force made by General [Michael] Corcoran, while Barney was part of the reserve left behind. Writes of rifle pits, his lack of sleep, being part of a labor party building a fort, of the area’s fortifications, of a sharpshooter who kept firing at his company until driven off by a 12 pounder shot, of prisoners taken, casualties, mud and sending money home.
Subject - Battle casualties.
- Picketing.
- Skirmishing.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military reconnaissance.
- Corcoran, Michael 1827-1863.
- Sharpshooters.
Extent - 4 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] - cwvhsBarneyValentine96
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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