Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864 to Rose Pendleton

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GLC#
GLC01652
Type
Letters
Date
January 24, 1862
Author/Creator
Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864
Title
to Rose Pendleton
Place Written
Winchester, Virginia
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Alexander "Sandie" Pendleton, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's aide, writes to his sister about his trip to Winchester, Virginia, from Romney, Virginia, where Confederate generals Richard Garnett and William Loring had their winter quarters. He asks her to send him clothes and boots (his shoes had been stolen). Discusses family correspondence and visits. Comments on the children playing around him as he writes. Letter written during Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign.

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