Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear Brother", 1862 February 3

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Title

Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear Brother", 1862 February 3

Description

Cassimere discusses the kind of letters a soldier wants and doesn't want. He left camp without permission and found out where the officers "passed away their evenings...down at seventh street..." A Captain saw him and asked what business he had out there and "I asked him how many of our officers were in that lady house yonder." When he returned to camp with the Captain, he called the guards because the Captain didn't have the countersign. The Captain ran away with a patrol chasing him. He went to the city where he had his "likeness taken", visited the Capitol and the saw a session of Congress in the House of Representatives. In a debate on Home Guards, "Gentleman from Mass (said)...these home guards were to uphold the devilish institution of slavery and to prevent them from escaping from the lash into the free states..."

Creator

Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861

Source

Small Collections Box 15, Folder 1

Identifier

SC 00406

Language

eng

Type

Text

Date Created

1862-02-03

Has Version

https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/22540

Is Part Of

Cassimere Churchill Papers

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Status

To transcribe

Percent Completed

100

Weight

100100

Citation

Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861, “Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear Brother", 1862 February 3,” W&M Transcribe, accessed April 27, 2024, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5215.