Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) to Richard W. Hutson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.45 Author/Creator: Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 February 1862 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Writes to his father that they have moved camp again. The Union forces came up the Blackwater River and attacked Confederate forces in Winton so his company expects them to strike soon. Reports that the officers did not think they could hold and decided to move camp. He discusses the hardships of crossing the river. States they camped on a plantation belonging to Capt Lawrence, who fed them. Mentions that the people were very hospitable. At Camp Butler, 5 miles away, General Blanchard stationed part of Colonel Armistead's Virginia regiment, the N.C. Battalion, and Captain Girardey's Artillery from Lousiana. Explains the plan to meet with the forces from Camp Butler and engage the Union forces in a skirmish. They expected to do it yesterday and were deployed, but then dismissed. Charles J. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.
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