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Item Description

Title: Henry A. Smith to Family

Author

• Smith, Henry A., d. 1864

Recipient

• ,

Source Document

Description

Topics include the journey from Williamsport to Snickers Ferry on the Shenandoah River, mentions by name men missing from the Company, mentions horses in battle, of his horse having had very little to eat, the rumor that General Pope is going to take control of the army, Gen. Fremont resigning, Gen. Banks to be Assistant Sec. of War, and the Quarter Master Old Jones & Lieutenant Grover's waiter being taken prisoners.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Battle casualties
• Horses

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-12-19, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Henry A. Smith Correspondence

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