Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865 to Father

GLC03523.08.40

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GLC#
GLC03523.08.40-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
6 July 1862
Author/Creator
Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865
Title
to Father
Place Written
Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 21 cm, Width: 26.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes from a camp near James River, [Virginia]. Details latest military endeavors, starting with an arms inspection by General George McClellan. Soon thereafter, the Rebels began to shell and the soldiers were ordered onto a different part of the field by General George McCall. Notes that Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was there. Describes a battle that was full of such panic he wrote, "the Rebels were right behind them, shur it was that Stonewall Jackson lost his life struck by shell from our own battery." Written in pencil on stationery with small blue and red image of man holding a newspaper which reads, "Extra. Third Edition. Glorious News! Total defeat of the Rebels!"

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