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Item Description

Title: Charles F. Bancroft to Clarissa Bancroft

Author

• Bancroft, Charles F., 1835-1862

Recipient

• Bancroft,Clarissa E., 1843-1864

Source Document

Description

Topics include the snowy weather and a brief description of George Blenkoe, the Confederate master of a "secesh (secessionist) negro," who had been recently brought into camp from Vienna, Va. Description of some Confederate money. Bancroft mentions his own modest weight gain, his need for pockets and other domestic items. One esp. moving line: "God only knows when we shall see each other again but let us hope for the best & that another year will bring us all to the family fireside again."

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Fugitive slaves
• Military camps -- Virginia
• Morale
• Picketing

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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