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Item Description

Title: William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook

Author

• Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904

Recipient

• Holbrook, Frederick

Source Document

Description

Topics include a description of the battle at Baton Rouge on August 5th, expresses his thoughts that the Rebels received misinformation about the strength of the Union forces thus suffering great losses, blowing up of a Rebel boat that was part of a CSA plan to attack Union gunboats, mentions "ram On Ransom", the death of Colonel George T. Roberts and General Williams.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Battle casualties

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866)

• Confederate States of AmericaArmy

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866)

Subject/geographic

• Baton Rouge (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1862

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-05-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• William C. Holbrook Correspondence

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