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Item Description

Title: Ira A. Marshall to William Wirt Henry

Author

• Marshall, Ira A., d. 1893

Recipient

• Henry, William Wirt,

Source Document

Description

Topics include recent battles in Yorktown and Williamsburg, which had significant casualties; the destruction of the C.S.S. Merrimack off the coast of Norfolk, Va., now under Union occupation. McClellan will likely send Vt. troops home once Richmond is taken. Ill soldier Tilton Sleeper mentioned again.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Battle casualties
• Morale

Subject/name

• McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

• Merrimack (Frigate)

Subject/geographic

• Fort Monroe (Va.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties

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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