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Item Description

Title: Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney

Author

• Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889

Recipient

• Barney, Maria

Source Document

Description

Topics include the dates in which Valentine G. Barney will head home, the arrival of a telegraph wire from Newport News to the fort which will help the officers communicate quickly, the meeting of scouting party with Secessionists, the death of at least one of them, of 10 Union soldiers being taken prisoners and the news that the Fort is ready for use.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Battle casualties
• Prisoners of war
• Military camps -- Virginia

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-02-04, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Valentine G. Barney Correspondence

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