Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902 to Richard W. Hutson

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GLC#
GLC08165.55-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
25 June 1863
Author/Creator
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Title
to Richard W. Hutson
Place Written
Shepherdstown, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Reports progress on the Maryland Road, citing a current boundary of the Potomac River. Comments that General Richard S. Ewell was in Maryland and General A.G. Jenkins was in control of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Comments that the Union troops are scared, and they should be since General Robert E. Lee is moving forward. Discusses his fellow troops and their treatment by others. Charles was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his father. Written a six weeks after the Battle of Chancellorsville and a week before Gettysburg.

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