James Mercer letter, 1862 Mar. 17.

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James Mercer letter, 1862 Mar. 17.

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James Mercer of the 5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Company B writes to his mother from Miner's Farm, Williamsburg, Va., bemoaning her failure to write, pledging never to write again if she does not reply this time, recounting the C.S.S. Virginia's sinking of the U.S.S. Cumberland and U.S.S. Congress at the mouth of the James River and its shelling of Newport News (the Battle of Hampton Roads), describing camp life, and asking for news of the family.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Virginia (Ironclad)

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Mercer, James W.

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The 5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was recruited in New Orleans and the parishes of St. Bernard, Bienville, De Soto, Lafourche, and Ouachita. It was sent to Virginia and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula in 1861 with 744 men. During the war it was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia and served in its campaigns. Only one officer and 18 men surrendered in April 1865. From the description of James Mercer letter, 1862 Mar. 17. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat recor...

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 5th.

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