Thomas A. Nicholson Letters, 1861

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Thomas A. Nicholson Letters, 1861

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Thomas A Nicholson joined the Stonewall Brigade (Company D of the 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment) at Winchester, Va., on 18 July 1861. After brief stays at Harper's Ferry, Va., and Manassas Hospital, he spent much of what is known of the rest of his military career at Camp Centerville, Va. He does not appear on the muster rolls for his unit after December 1861. The collection consists of five letters of Virginia Civil War soldier Thomas A. Nicholson to his mother and sister, May-November 1861, while Nicholson was serving in the Stonewall Brigade. The letters discuss various aspects of military life; Nicholson's stay in Manassas hospital; his desire to meet the Union Army in battle; and his unit's prospective move to winter quarters at Winchester, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Nicholson, Thomas A.

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Thomas A. Nicholson joined the Confederate Army at Winchester, Va., on 18 July 1861. He served in the Stonewall Brigade (Company D, 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment). In September 1861, he spent time in Manassas Hospital with an ankle injury and complaints of weakness and chest pain. By the end of that month, he had rejoined his unit and was anxious to see combat. His letters originate from Camp Centerville, Va., and discuss the prospect that his unit was to be sent to winter quarters at Wincheste...