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Collection Reference Number GLC04662.043
From Archive Folder Charles E. Walbridge Collection 
Title Charles E. Walbridge to his mother discussing the capture of Confederates, the bombardment of Fort Wagner and the siege of Charleston
Date 5 September 1863
Author Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He writes of the capture of a small group a confederates, the bombardment on Fort Wagner and the siege of Charleston. Also discusses the whereabouts of friends.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Battle  African American History  African American Troops  Confederate States of America  Prisoner of War  Battle of Charleston  
People Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866)  
Place written Folly Island, South Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Mother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 100th New York Volunteers, H Company