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Item Description

Title: Benjamin F. Parmenter to Brother

Author

• Parmenter, Benjamin F., 1832-1896

Source Document

Description

Topics include the regiment being located at Bush Hill Camp, rumors that they may join up with another brigade, more discussion of the 1st Battle of Bull Run, Parmenter's low opinions of the regiments officers,and his disappointment in the treatment of the soldiers.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
• Morale
• Military camps -- Virginia

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy

  -- Military life

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

Subject/geographic

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

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2010-12-07, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Correspondence of Benjamin F. Parmenter

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