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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04636 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Fannie Campbell to Thomas E. Vermilye, reporting that General Stonewall Jackson intends to descend upon Yorktown |
| Date | 30 June 1862 |
| Author | Campbell, Fannie (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Vermilye, Thomas E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Campbell, a nurse, informs Pastor Vermilye of events which took place while she rode aboard the Union hospital steamer, the Kennebec, travelling to White House, Virginia. States that while on the Pamunkey River, the Kennebec met many transports traveling in the opposite direction, escaping fires and battle that raged behind them. The Kennebec then retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, as "mild flowers were blooming on the banks Nature in her rich June dress enthroned like a queen sat bland and smiling as if the bloodred hand of civil war was not lifted in her domain." Reports that General Stonewall Jackson intends to descend upon Yorktown after seizing military stores at White House. |
| Subjects | Battle Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Woman Author Women's History Hospital Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Steamboat Battle Military Supplies |
| People | Campbell, Fannie (fl. 1862) Vermilye, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward) (1803-1893) |
| Place written | Fort Monroe, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| 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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |