Ransom W. Towle to Rufus and Sebra Towle
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
Title - Ransom W. Towle to Rufus and Sebra Towle
Creator - Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
Date Created - 1862-02-05
Description - Towle responds to his parents' letter that expresses low morale at home, financial difficulties at home and Towle encourages the doing without luxuries on the home front as much as possible. He writes of a 30 hour picket trip, the capture of rebel two scouts, drills being only two a day and of a self inflicted wounding of a Union soldier requiring amputation of the wounded soldier's leg.
Subject - Drill and minor tactics.
- Families of military personnel.
- Military camps -- Virginia.
- Picketing.
- Prisoners of war.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865).
Extent - 2 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-05-06, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 5/6/2011 4:04:21 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] - cwvhsTowleRansom10
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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