Justus F. Gale to Sister
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Justus F. Gale Correspondence
Title - Justus F. Gale to Sister
Creator - Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
Date Created - 1863-05-01
Description - Gale writes a long description of his company’s role in the Battle of Fort Bisland on April 12th and 13th, and is pleased by General Banks’ praise of the performance of the 8th Vermont Regiment. He also writes of his pleasure at receiving a photograph of Emily Taft of Barre, and his wish that he could have photographs of all his family, though he would be unable to carry them all in his wallet. As well, he writes of picking up Confederate money from a house that was abandoned before the advance of the “damd yankees” and of seeing rich clothing that he wished he could send home.
Subject - Battle casualties.
- Skirmishing.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865).
- Photographs.
- BanksNathaniel Prentiss 1816-1894.
- Fort Bisland (La.).
Extent - 6 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-05-29, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 5/29/2013 6:20:45 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] - cwvhsGaleJustus65
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
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