Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889 to Isabella M. Hill

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GLC#
GLC01977
Type
Letters
Date
7 March 1862
Author/Creator
Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889
Title
to Isabella M. Hill
Place Written
Dover, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Relates accounts of his long a hard marches. Says General Thomas Jackson's "situation is very, very, very critical," as he is being pressed by the Union army, and hopes he is "fortunate in extricating himself." While McClellan and the bulk of the Union army was attempting to take Richmond from the South, Hill and Jackson were charged with defending the Northern approach to the Confederate capitol, from which the Union also threatened. Says "It seems strange that your Father should have two son-in-laws holding the advance posts of a great Army. Perhaps, such a thing never occurred before." Jackson and Hill were brothers in law. Signed "Husband."

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