Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Barton Family Correspondence
Title - Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
Creator - Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.
Date Created - 1863-05-01
Description - Lyman Barton writes a detailed description of the capture of the Confederate battery at Hill’s Point on May 19, 1863, when his company and six others from the 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and eight companies of the 89th New York Infantry Regiment boarded the U.S.S. Stepping Stones and traveled up the Nansemond River to assault the rifle pits and fort.
Subject - Confederate States of America Army.
- Suffolk (Va.).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military reconnaissance.
- Picketing.
- Skirmishing.
- Gunboats.
- Rivers.
Extent - 4 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] - cwvhsBartonLyman03
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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