William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- William Wirt Henry Correspondence
Title - William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
Creator - Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
Date Created - 1864-10-20
Description - Henry writes of the Battle of Cedar Creek, that the Union army was able to successfully rout the enemy by evening after the reverses of the morning, and that they were able to recover Captain Lucian D. Thompson’s body, which has been sent to Martinsburg to be embalmed and sent back to Vermont. He also writes that he was hit four times but not hurt, and that Charlie Crossett (Edwin C. Crossett), also from Waterbury, was wounded in the jaw, but that he saw him in one of the charges helping to recapture a cannon. As well, he writes that his color sergeant, Billy Mahoney, was shot through the heart.
Subject - Armed Forces -- Officers.
- Battle casualties.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 10th (1862-1865).
- Military camps -- Virginia.
- Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864.
- ThompsonLucian D. 1831-1864.
- Cedar Creek (Va.).
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-06-25, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 6/25/2013 7:47:55 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] - cwvhsHenryWilliam135
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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