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 - 1863-07-21
Description - Letter discusses the movement of his Regiment and the First Vermont Cavalry Regiment. As well he comments on the draft in Vermont and his hope that his wife’s brother, Charles L. Beebe will not pass his physical examination, and how odd it was that none of the “boys from the shop” were drafted. Henry refers to the $300 fee one could pay to either not be drafted or to get a substitute, a loophole in the draft law that favored the wealthy.
Extent - 3 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-02-14, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 2/14/2013 6:37:51 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] - cwvhsHenryWilliam70
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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