Lyman Barton to Melissa Barton

Parent Collections

Vermonters in the Civil War

Barton Family Correspondence

Title

Lyman Barton to Melissa Barton

Creator

Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.

Date Created

1863-03-15

Description

Lyman Barton writes of his travels from Fredericksburg to Newport News via a steamer, and then on to Suffolk. While at Newport News he saw a monitor and the U.S.S. Galena, as well as the wrecks of the U.S.S. Merrimack (C.S.S. Virginia) and the U.S.S. Cumberland and U.S.S. Congress. He also comments on the lack of alcohol available to the troops and that while he is not a drinker, he is “as bad can be” and that it is “hard spoiling a rotten egg.”

Subject

Soldiers -- Alcohol use.

Steamboats.

Merrimack (Frigate).

Monitor (Ironclad).

Newport (N.C.).

Suffolk (Va.).

Extent

5 pages

Note [Digital Version]

2013-03-15, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Genre

correspondence

Type of Resource

text

Publisher

Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries

Date Captured

3/15/2013 8:19:17 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]

cwvhsBartonLyman02

Language

English

Language [Code]

eng

Digital Format

image/tiff

Digital Format

Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi