Item Description

Title: Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]

Author

• Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903

Recipient

• Farnham, Mary

Source Document

Description

Topics include the battle the previous Monday and the death of George Lougee from Vershire, Vermont. Farnham concerned that some of his letters may be misinterpreted and printed (presumably in the local press). Mentions Col. Phelps's anxiety, imminent court-martial of Mass. general, and some of the hardships of the campaign.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Military camps -- Virginia
• Military discipline
• Soldiers -- Alcohol use
• War -- Psychological aspects

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

Subject/name

• Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861)

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2010-10-18, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Roswell Farnham Correspondence

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