Letter : Eagle Point [Gloucester County, Virginia] to D.C. Randolph [Richmond], 1862 April 16.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter : Eagle Point [Gloucester County, Virginia] to D.C. Randolph [Richmond], 1862 April 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122608765

Bryan writes to his friend D.C. Randolph about the Civil War activities near Yorktown and Gloucester County. He reports on the Federal ships shelling the Guinea woods, the noise of the cannon at York, and the 100,000 men McClellan encamped between Ship Point and Lee's Mill. Bryan comments on faulty Tredegar cannon and plethora of runaway slaves. He mentions that Randolph Harrison (46th Virginia Regiment) of Elk Hill crossed the river with him.

1 item.

Library of Virginia

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6787113

Library of Virginia

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs0m24 (person)

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Tredegar Company (Richmond, Va.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p92mkz (corporateBody)

Harrison, Randolph S

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th916z (person)

Naval surgeon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [U.S.S. St. Lawrence], Valparaiso, to his brother "Dab," 1852 Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972283 ...

Randolph, D. C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pw3xmc (person)

Bryan, John Randolph, 1806-1887.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m91g7t (person)

John Randolph Bryan, godson and namesake of John Randolph of Roanoke and son of Joseph Bryan of Savannah, Georgia, married Elizabeth Coalter. From the description of Letter : Eagle Point [Gloucester County, Virginia] to D.C. Randolph [Richmond], 1862 April 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608765 Note: The superscript numbers denote generations within each family. Brown Family Henry Brown 1 (1716-1766) was born in Bedford County, Virginia. He mar...