Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 to Alfred F. Sears

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GLC#
GLC02455.11-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
5 July 1862
Author/Creator
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
Title
to Alfred F. Sears
Place Written
James Island, South Carolina
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Informs Sears that his "company and effects will be embarked on the Holmes." Two weeks after the Union defeat at the battle of Seccesionville they began evacuating James Island, just off the coast from Charleston. Sears company was sent out on the ship Holmes. Sears is addressed as a colonel, when in fact he was a captain.

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