to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House"

Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890 to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House"

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GLC#
GLC02426.01
Type
Letters
Date
17 April 1862
Author/Creator
Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890
Title
to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House"
Place Written
Newport News, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Partial letter to his wife discussing camp life and military operations during the Peninsula campaign Describes Union and Confederate entrenchments and troop numbers during the siege of Yorktown. In fact the Rebels had far fewer troops than Crocker cites here, but McClellan, as he often did, vastly overestimated his opponent's strength. Written at Warwick Courthouse.

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