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Title
Cassimere Churchill, Headquarters, Camp Fenton, to unknown recipient, 1862 March 11-19
Description
Partial Letter. Cassimere writes of the march to Manassas to Baileys Crossroads. He walked around Manassas. Someone brought back "a couple secesh cats" to camp. Some men got drunk and murdered their prisoners. He served guard duty. He notes, "...we have a Christian rifle to drill with..." Order to march to Alexandria at 1 am. When they arrived without their tents, Colonel told them to break ranks and find a place to stay. He describes the house he found. He writes of "...sitting in a Sesesh Chamber by the window...look down on the broad bosun of the Potomac..." He mentions the vessels that he sees and guesses there are one hundred thousand men there. He tTours the area and went to Alexandria and the River.
Creator
Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861
Source
Small Collections Box 15, Folder 1
Identifier
SC 00406
Language
eng
Type
Text
Date Created
1862 March
Has Version
https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/22540
Is Part Of
Cassimere Churchill Papers
Scripto
Status
To transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Weight
100100
Citation
Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861, “Cassimere Churchill, Headquarters, Camp Fenton, to unknown recipient, 1862 March 11-19,” W&M Transcribe, accessed May 28, 2023, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5213.