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Title
Cassimere Churchill, Yorktown, Virginia, to "Dear Brother Albro", 1862 April 7
Description
Cassimere writes, "The rebs run off Saturday leaving their guns and ammunition and tents." "Sunday morning our cavalry and light infantry went in persuit and overtook their rear guard about noon...Monday they had a battle where our troops gained a complete victory...a number of our men killed by the bursting of shells that the rebs had planted under the surface of the ground..." He mentions the "sesesh items" he acquired. "The rebels wrote on some of their tents these words 'follow us on to Richmond'..."
Creator
Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861
Source
Small Collections Box 15, Folder 1
Identifier
SC 00406
Language
eng
Type
Text
Date Created
1862-04-07
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, Yorktown, Virginia, to "Dear Brother Albro", 1862 April 7,” W&M Transcribe, accessed April 24, 2024, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5229.