Civil War letters, 1861.

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Civil War letters, 1861.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122609080

The letters are all written to his wife, Sarah Elkins, and describe various experiences in camp and battle during the first year of the war in northern Virginia. Elkins also describes the sufferings of the wounded soldiers in hospitals and the significance for troop morale of a visit from President Jefferson Davis to the front after the battle of Manassas.

8 leaves.

Library of Virginia

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SNAC Resource ID: 6787386

Library of Virginia

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Elkins, Sarah Ann.

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Elkins, Joseph Milton, 1833-1862.

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Joseph Milton Elkins was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1833, married his cousin, Sarah Ann Elkins on July 19, 1853, and at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as a private in Company A (and was later transferred to Company E), 49th Virginia Regiment. He was wounded in the leg at Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862, and died on November 6, 1862. From the description of Civil War letters, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609080 ...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...