Francis Henry papers, 1860-1864.

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Henry, Francis, 1843-1912. Francis Henry papers, 1860-1864.

Francis Henry papers, 1860-1864.

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Correspondence re politics and army life, including letter, 26 May 1860, from John Stevenson, [Pontotoc County, Miss.], re political unrest associated with presidential election and dissent among local Democrats debating whether to appointment delegates to the national convention in Baltimore who backed "Seceeders" from Charleston convention or those favoring "Squater Sovereignty party" of Stephen Douglas. Letter, 29 May 1864, Camp near Richmond, [Va.], to his mother, reporitng that "strategy seems to be the policy of our enemy now instead of charging our breastworks," and speculating that since "we are now within eight miles of Richmond ... I suppose that the next battle will be fought in this vicinity." Letter, 14 July 1864, Camp near Petersburg, Va., to his mother, re death of his brother, John Andrew Henry, killed in action, 12 July 1864, while "standing looking over the breastworks at the yankees"; together with five copies of letters, 1860-1864, written from various camps in Virginia and Tennessee.

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