Add to Bookbag
Item Description
Title: Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
Author
- Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889
Recipient
- Barney, Maria
Source Document
Extent: 4 pages
Date Created: June 03, [1861]
Description
Barney writes from Newport News, Virginia on the construction of a trench and accounts of alarms from the picket guard including a mule causing one of the alarms. Writes of the 2500 men, their disappointment at not being able to fire upon the Secessionists, fears the box from Swanton will not arrive at all, of the presence of 25 or 30 slaves, of horses, mules, dogs being brought in to camp, requests postage stamps and envelopes.
Genre(s): correspondence
Subject/topic
Subject/name
Language(s): English
Note [Digital Version]
2011-02-04, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Type of Resource: text
Parent Collections
Access Conditions
Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to
Vermont Historical Society Library, vhs-library@state.vt.us. For more information, see http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights.
More information.
Permanent Link:
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/cwvhsBarneyValentine05
Preferred citation
Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney, Vermont Historical Society Library, Barre, Vermont, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/cwvhsBarneyValentine05 (accessed May 23, 2013)
-
-
- 1 of 4
-
-
- Normal
- | Large
- | Thumbnails
- | Book
- | Transcript
User Comments