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Item Description

Title: Charles F. Bancroft to Mary Bancroft

Author

• Bancroft, Charles F., 1835-1862

Recipient

• Bancroft,Mary, 1809-1878

Source Document

Description

Topics include Charles Bancroft's health, the food that is being cooked in camp, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Bancroft wasn't involved in it, but the fall of Ft. Donelson reminds him that his tour of duty, if not the whole war, may be over by year's end. Bancroft sounds more confident as a soldier (enjoys picketing) and is certain he could serve another two years if asked.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Capitulations, Military
• Morale
• Picketing

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy

  -- Military life

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2012-01-31, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Charles F. Bancroft Correspondence

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