Justus E. Gale to Family
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Justus F. Gale Correspondence
Title - Justus E. Gale to Family
Creator - Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
Date Created - 1862-08-31
Description - Topics include a train crash, confiscating rebel property including horses, cattle, sheep and mules. Writes of having plenty of food on their travel back to camp including dining on lamb. Provided a meal at an old planters house. Mentions Negroes (slaves) and 1500 Blacks at camp, sending troops to Gen. Phelps, the expectation of getting paid, rebels killed in an encounter with the enemy.
Subject - Contraband of war.
- Horses.
- Pillage.
- Slaves.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military reconnaissance.
Extent - 5 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2012-01-03, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 1/3/2012 3:27:40 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] - cwvhsGaleJustus37
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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