Civil War correspondence of George C. Young and I.A. Young, 1861-1865.

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Civil War correspondence of George C. Young and I.A. Young, 1861-1865.

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The collection begins with two 1861 Sept., letters from I.A. Young, Fairfax Court House, Va., to family in Camden. S.C., describing the care of George who was wounded at the battle of First Manassas. An 1862 letter from George mentions the capture of pickets and Colonels Joseph Brevard Kershaw and Radfort. Eleven 1863 letters detail action in and near Culpeper County, Va., and troop movements in the Shenandoah Valley. He praises General Wade Hampton; describes Weyer's Cave, Natural Bridge, deserted Union camps, and depredations by Union soldiers; and discusses fighting around Brandy Station on August 1. Three 1864 letters mention the capture of frostbitten Negroes carried off during Averell's raid, and comment unfavorably on the drinking, smoking and horseback riding of young ladies in Craig County, Va. In a letter, 1865 May 15, he writes from Newport News, Va., that has been captured and is sick and "very feeble" with all his personal possessions stolen by the 12th New York Cavalry. Two undated letters mention action around the Chickahominy, River.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7602675

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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

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Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894

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