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
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Combat Letters from Union Soldier, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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.
Preferred citation:

Combat Letters from Union Soldier, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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.