Civil War letters of Ransom Allen Perkins, 1861, Dec. 7 -- 1864, Oct. 2.

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Civil War letters of Ransom Allen Perkins, 1861, Dec. 7 -- 1864, Oct. 2.

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Letters that Perkins wrote home from Camp Harris, Md. (1861, Dec. 7), Hagerstown, Md. (1862, Aug. 27), Alexandria, Va. (1862, Sept. 28), Fairfax Court House, Va. (1863, Jan. 21), Stevensburg, Va. (1864, Apr. 24), Chancellorville, Va. (1864, May 14), and Bridgewater, Va. (1864, Oct. 2). The long, detailed letters describe the battles of Antietam and Spottsylvania Court House, recount news of the Union and Confederate military operations, discuss camp life, regimental news and recruiting, and depict tensions between the Union troops and local "secessionist citizens."

7 letters.

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Perkins, Ransom Allen, 1838-1915.

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Ransom Allen Perkins, a native of Chicopee, Mass., enrolled In September of 1861, at Springfield, Mass. to serve three years, and was mustered in as Corporal of Co. D. of the 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ("Ira Harris Guard.") He was soon promoted Commissary Sergeant. In Jan. 1864 he re-enlisted as a veteran and was mustered in as Second Lieutenant. He was then promoted to First Lieutenant on Nov. 25, 1864. With the regiment, Perkins fought in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, taki...

United States. Army. New York Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)

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