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Item Description

Title: Roswell Farnham to Laura

Author

• Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903

Source Document

Description

Topics include the regiments location relative to Alexandria, Virginia and Mount Vernon, a description of G. Mason ( a Southern secessionist), troops commandeering and occupation of Mason's property, the ruins of other mansions in the area, and the continued improvement of Laura’s health (Farnham's sister).

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Military camps -- Virginia
• Pillage
• Postal service

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage

Subject/name

• Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-04-28, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Roswell Farnham Correspondence

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