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Item Description

Title: George W. Quimby to Parents

Author

• Quimby, George W., 1835-1862

Source Document

Description

Topics include rumors of an upcoming march and the suspension of General McClellan. (Major Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside would assume command of the Army of the Potomac.) Quimby still hoping to receive a warm coat from home.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Marching
• Morale

Subject/geographic

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

Subject/name

• McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-05-17, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• George W. Quimby Correspondence

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