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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.40.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence |
| Title | Letter reporting news of the war, predicting that the hardest battles will be fought in Virginia and mentioning taking up black men to fight |
| Date | 23 April 1862 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The author writes that he expects to leave Winchester on the following Friday to go to 70 or 80 miles South to Gordonsville. He reports that there are currently only nine companies of his regiment still in Winchester, as six of the companies left for Strasburg on April 21st. He further explains that Union men are still in pursuit of [Stonewall] Jackson, who has retreated towards Staunton. His company plans to meet a Brigade at Gordonsville to reinforce General Shields' Division before entering Staunton. He reports that "Jef Davis," in command at Yorktown, has been completely surrounded by "Gen McClelan," but he is not sure whether Union men will be able to keep him there. He says that General McClellan has 150,000 men in command at Yorktown and that "the Rebles are in the hardest ro of stirrups that ever they were in va." He predicts that the hard fights will be in Virginia, and says that, "you need not Bee surprised if sesesion haint played out till the 1 of June completely in va." His men brought 68 of Ashby's [7th Virginia] Cavalry into town, who were sent to Baltimore. He describes coming across many "Negros" and reports that, "whe take them up." |
| Subjects | Civil War Union Forces Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Union General Battle Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Prisoner of War Cavalry African American History Freemen Slavery |
| Place written | Winchester, Virginia |
| 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 | Sister Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |