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Title
Letter, 1862 May 17, John H. B. Jenkins to Mary A. Benjamin
Description
Letter from J.H.B. Jenkins, Cumberland Landing on Pamunkey River, 12 Miles from West Point, Virginia, to Mary Benjamin, Smyrna, Delaware. Jenkins provides a Union soldier's (serving on the 40th New York regiment) description of the Battle of Williamsburg including sketches of the Federal battle position near Fort Macgruder; the ineffectiveness of Austrian rifles; a drawing of wagons used by the confederate army; a description of Jamestown; the promotion of Philip Kearny; and the arrest of Thomas Washington Egan and Charles Smith Hamilton.
Creator
Jenkins, John H. B.
Source
Henry C. Hoar Memorial Collection, Small Collections Box 92, Folder: 1
Identifier
SC 01283
Language
eng
Type
Text
Date Created
1861 May 17
Has Version
https://hdl.handle.net/10288/25115
Is Part Of
Henry C. Hoar Memorial Collection
Scripto
Status
To transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Weight
100100
Citation
Jenkins, John H. B., “Letter, 1862 May 17, John H. B. Jenkins to Mary A. Benjamin,” W&M Transcribe, accessed April 26, 2024, https://transcribe.libraries.wm.edu/items/show/5388.