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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.26.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles Woolston, 3rd regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry |
| Title | Charles Woolston to Benjamin A. Woolston regarding his visit to a cemetery and purchases he has made |
| Date | 16 November 1864 |
| Author | Woolston, Charles (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Recipient | Woolston, Benjamin A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his father in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that his regiment is at City Point, Virginia where he will be going soon to meet them. Says they have plenty to eat and can do what they want so he is in no hurry to go. Reports visiting the cemetery at Fairfax where General George B. McClellan fought in 1861. States that Confederate General Garnett was killed here. Says the men were all buried respectably in marked graves. Lists some purchases he has made, a gold pen, rubber suspenders, a pocket glass, etc. Written from Camp Distribution near Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Union General Battle Death Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Clothing and Accessories Merchants and Trade |
| People | Woolston, Charles (fl. 1864-1865) Woolston, Benjamin A. (fl. 1864-1865) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) Garnett, Robert S. (Robert Selden) (1819-1861) |
| Place written | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Woolston enlisted as a private on 7 October 1864 in Company U, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania. On 13 July 1861, at Carrickford, Virginia, Union troops crushed Confederate forces and killed Confederate General Robert S. Garnett. This is most likely the battle Woolston refers to in his letter. The Confederate forces lost 20, Union lost 53 men. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 3rd Pennsylvania cavalry, U Company |