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Item Description

Title: Ransom W. Towle to [Family and Friends]

Author

• Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864

Source Document

Description

Towle's regiment pursues the Rebels after finding their hasty departure from their camps. The men marched to the enemy's strong holds at Williamsburg, Virginia including Fort Magruder and a battle was fought. Killed and wounded reported. Soldiers had to endure heavy rain and muddy conditions. Some men did reconnaissance.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Battle casualties
• Marching
• Peninsular Campaign, 1862

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military reconnaissance

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-08-23, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Ransom W. Towle Correspondence

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