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Start Over Collection Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784/1934, bulk 1830/1892

Ewell (Benjamin S.), at Camp near Morton, Mississippi, to Elizabeth S. Ewell, 1863 Box 1, Folder 7, Object 16

Ewell writes of the Battle at Big Black River near Vicksburg. 24,000 men against 75,000 and they were at a disadvantage being hemmed in by the river and a small bridge. He says losing Vicksburg was an unexcusable blunder. He notes that Tennessee regrets their secession. The Yankees are not gentlemen.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784/1934, bulk 1830/1892
  3. Series 1: Correspondence
  4. Box 1
  5. Letters, Ewell, Benjamin S., 1862/1866

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