Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862 to mother

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GLC#
GLC03696.07-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
31 October 1861
Author/Creator
Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862
Title
to mother
Place Written
Hampton, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

to mother [Ann Smith] Companies A, C, and D marched to Newport News and saw white flags in house windows and a house on fire. The "great expedition" sailed, and he saw it in the paper and in person. Yesterday [October 30] there was a grand review, and Col. Wyman was in good shape. He received a bundle of papers and a letter from Wallace. A Lieut. Hagg [a friend from Massachusetts] told him that his letters were being read at the lyceum, and "if you [his mother] don't stop doing so, I am afraid that I shall have to stop writing." Numbered in pencil "21." Written at Camp Hamilton.

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