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Finding aid created by Special Collections Staff, 2007 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Armistead Burwell Letter, 1862 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2006.12

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2009 Special Collection Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Armistead Burwell Letter 1862 01/Mss. Acc. 2006.12 1.00 The papers are in: English Letter, 23 January 1862, A. Burwell, Camp Curtis, Land's End Va. to brother. 4p. on 1 leaf. ; 25x20 cm. Concerns good news that brother is in winter quarters; thinks Charles should be discharged for disability; two companies of his regiment have been moved to redoubts and rifle pits across a strip of land between Lames and Warwick rivers; heard that Merrimac is completed; bill to re-organize Virginia forces; and says he is fighting for "liberty and country." Burwell, Armistead, b. 1811 arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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Letter, 23 January 1862, A. Burwell, Camp Curtis, Land's End Va. to brother. 4p. on 1 leaf. ; 25x20 cm. Concerns good news that brother is in winter quarters; thinks Charles should be discharged for disability; two companies of his regiment have been moved to redoubts and rifle pits across a strip of land between Lames and Warwick rivers; heard that Merrimac is completed; bill to re-organize Virginia forces; and says he is fighting for "liberty and country."

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Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Topical Term: Confederate States of America--Army--Virginia Infantry Regiment, 14th--History. Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.