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- GLC#
- GLC03603.323-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 October 1864
- Author/Creator
- Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
- Title
- to his family
- Place Written
- Chapin's Farm, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He describes the events of September 28th saying that they crossed the James river and drove Rebel troops back. The 10th of New Hampshire and the 118th of New York were the skirmishers while the 8th and 96th of New York were the support. Lt. Colonel Smith suffered a head wound. Foss was also wounded but Coit reports that neither was wounded fatally. He describes the 8th taking the fort and the two Rebel charges. "The ground was covered with killed + wounded + we took many prisoners".
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