Papers, 1862-1865.

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Papers, 1862-1865.

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Letters of Welch, member of Hampton's Legion, and of his brother, William Hawkins Welch, member of the 7th South Carolina Cavalry, describing cavalry life; fighting before the battle of Antietam; hospitals; the Maryland and Virginia countryside; lack of food and clothing; skirmishing and engagements in North Carolina and Virginia, especially in 1864 in the Richmond and Petersburg area; the use of Afro-American troops by Union forces; casualties; horse trading in the cavalry; band serenades; rumors of Sherman's march through South Carolina; and various officers, including Gen. Martin W. Gary, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and Col. Thomas M. Logan.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6998914

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Welch, Elliott Stephen.

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Confederate cavalry officer; from Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460612 ...

Gary, Martin Witherspoon, 1831-1881

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 7th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Hampton Legion

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Logan, Thos. M. (Thomas Muldrup), 1808-1876

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Welch, William Hawkins.

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