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Title
Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear Sister Daphne", 1862 June 2
Description
He writes, "I was taken sick the next day after the battle at West Point...fever for ten days..." "Williamsburg...not but a part of us in the hottest of the fight at that place for we had the ammunition train to guard...kept in the rear." "At West Point the programme was about the same. Only our ammunition was on a steam transport in the river..." Went up Pamunkey River to White house landing. Ordered back to Washington by the Secretary of War to be mounted (on horses). Returned by the steamer "South America" on May 22. His officers are Colonel John Beardley and Captain B.F. Chamberlain of Randolph. He will send her some cotton seeds that he got in Yorktown. "I found the people of both colors more ignorant than I had any idea they were or could be in this day and age of the world." He related the story of a conversation with a young lady of "appearantly high rank." He describes how blacks behave in camp. Many of the slaves who helped make forts at Yorktown were taken to Washington with them.
Creator
Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861
Source
Small Collections Box 15, Folder 1
Identifier
SC 00406
Language
eng
Type
Text
Date Created
1862-06-02
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 Sister Daphne", 1862 June 2,” W&M Transcribe, accessed December 6, 2023, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5221.