Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862 to mother

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GLC#
GLC03696.15-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 June 1862
Author/Creator
Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862
Title
to mother
Place Written
Suffolk, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

to mother [Ann Smith] The regiment is now under the command of General McClellan. General Wool has stepped down. He says Wool was starting to show his age. They have no orders to go yet, but it seems to be coming soon. Col. [Peirce] is a "disgrace to the state, and the service" as he marches the men too hard in dangerously hot weather. Peirce was court-martialed but was returned to duty. Smith seems optimistic about the Union's battles. Numbered in pencil "81."

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