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- GLC#
- GLC02016.014-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 May 1862
- Author/Creator
- Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
- Title
- to Rebecca Frick
- Place Written
- Hampton, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes from Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Virginia (present day, Hampton, Virginia). Letter addressed to his aunt, Mrs. George A. Frick or Rebecca Frick. Writes that he received an interesting issue of the Danville Democrat. Reports that McClellan was in possession of Yorktown though he feels that the capture could have been more effectively carried out. Also reports that the Merrimac made another appearance but no fighting took place. Says that the body of a captain from the 1st Delaware regiment, was found a quarter of a mile from the picket station with two bullets in his head.
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