Letter, 1861 June 14, John Thompson Brown to wife, Mary Martha (Southall) Brown

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Title

Letter, 1861 June 14, John Thompson Brown to wife, Mary Martha (Southall) Brown

Description

J. Thompson Brown, Yorktown, Virginia, to wife (Mary Martha (Southall) Brown). He has heard that Magruder has mentioned him in his dispatches; had a report of a fight at Manassas Junction and the enemy were "whipped with heavy loss"; hopes he will be sent there; "if God continues his blessings on our cause we may soon hope for peace and then we can be together again."

Creator

Brown, John Thompson

Source

Henry C. Hoar Memorial Collection, Small Collections Box 92, Folder: 1

Identifier

SC 01283

Language

eng

Type

Text

Date Created

1861-06-14

Has Version

https://hdl.handle.net/10288/25112

Is Part Of

Henry C. Hoar Memorial Collection

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Status

To transcribe

Percent Completed

100

Weight

100100

Citation

Brown, John Thompson, “Letter, 1861 June 14, John Thompson Brown to wife, Mary Martha (Southall) Brown,” W&M Transcribe, accessed March 29, 2024, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5385.