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Item Description

Title: Charles H. Joyce to William Wirt Henry

Author

• Joyce, Charles H., 1830-1916

Recipient

• Henry, William Wirt,

Source Document

Description

Topics include C.H. Joyce's hope of being put in charge of the 11th regiment and anticipation of the camp moving. This would be the evacuation of Harrison's Landing, where McClellan had kept his Army of the Potomac for several weeks. Joyce refers to "old W." (Wash. DC?) and "Gov. H.," Frederick Holbrook, influential governor of Vt., 1861-1863. Also: Battle of Savage's Station, June 29, 1862, where Joyce performed well.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 11th (1862-1865)

Subject/geographic

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

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-09-26, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• William Wirt Henry Correspondence

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