to Samuel Watson Van Nuys

Van Nuys, John H., fl. 1861-1862 to Samuel Watson Van Nuys

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GLC#
GLC07687.123-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 11, 1862
Author/Creator
Van Nuys, John H., fl. 1861-1862
Title
to Samuel Watson Van Nuys
Place Written
Franklin, Indiana
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Report of "a great amount of sickness in [Vannuys's] division," news that Gen. Lander is once again occupying Romney, and implications of the Union victory at Fort Henry, Tenn. Vannuys hopes in the wake of McClelland's appointment as Commander of the Army of the Potomac that Edwin Stanton will assume control of the Army, though he acknowledges "it is folly to put confidence in man." He advises his son to make immediate arrangements for the transport of his body home, in case he should die in battle or of disease.

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