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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02159.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry |
| Title | Francis G. Blackman to his friend Bennett describing a skirmish with the Confederates and conversing with abandoned slaves on a plantation |
| Date | 2 December 1861 |
| Author | Blackman, Francis G. (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Recipient | Bennett |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "...plenty of cotton here and sweet potatoes, peanuts, oringes, rice, Niggers, rattlesnakes coper heads glass snake mocins and another cind about 18 feet long...alligators..." "...the Rebel's boats fired 2 or 3 round and run up the creek...Rebels fought well but their guns was ranged too high..." "... the stars and stripes was floating over the R Battery and we was the first regiment that went ashore. We went in the fort...came to a plantation and found plenty of knapsacks ...100 or more knapsacks in the woods..." "...we asked the Niggers whair thar masters was and they said lord Jesus Crist he run Master gon and left us he hav on no coat on no hat on." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces African American History Religion Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Diet and Nutrition Cotton Wildlife Geography and Natural History Navy Artillery Weaponry American Flag Confederate States of America Fortification Military Supplies Refugees |
| People | Blackman, Francis G. (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Place written | Hilton Head, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: The collection includes letters of brothers James A. and Francis G. Blackman from Gloucester, Rhode Island. Letters regarding campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and South Carolina. James A. Blackman served in the Rhode Island 7th Infantry from September 1862 to October 1863. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, 23rd Regiment on 29 October 1863 where he served until the end of the war. There is no regiment information available for Francis Blackman. |
| 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 |