Title:: Combat Letters from Union Soldier, dated December 12, 1861

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Summary

Extent:
2.00
Creator:
arrangement
Abstract:
Two letters from a Union Soldier, signed as "Mac". One letter written from Camp Hooker detailing the end of a Rebel blockade after the shelling of a Rebel battery by a Union gunboat, dated 12/12/1861. Other letter is incomplete and provides detailed description of an unknown combat operation, n.d.

Background

Scope and content:

Two letters from a Union Soldier, signed as "Mac". One letter written from Camp Hooker detailing the end of a Rebel blockade after the shelling of a Rebel battery by a Union gunboat, dated 12/12/1861. Other letter is incomplete and provides detailed description of an unknown combat operation, n.d.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 09/01/2006.