Letters of Hiram M. Cash [manuscript], 1861-1863.

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Letters of Hiram M. Cash [manuscript], 1861-1863.

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Cash writes to his parents and sister from various camps and towns while serving in Virginia,1861 July 8 -1863 October 3. Cash describes life in camp; the battles of 1st Bull Run and Williamsburg; the 2nd Bull Run campaign;the "mud March" and his experience as a prisoner of war. Other topics include a souvenir chunk of wood from the site where Elmer Ellsworth was shot; high praise of McClellan; the first execution of a deserter; baseball; and a conversation with slaves. There are a few letters from other correspondents including his Captain, H. T. Bucknam,

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University of Virginia. Library

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