Description
Barney writes from Newport News, Virginia on the construction of a trench and accounts of alarms from the picket guard including a mule causing one of the alarms. Writes of the 2500 men, their disappointment at not being able to fire upon the Secessionists, fears the box from Swanton will not arrive at all, of the presence of 25 or 30 slaves, of horses, mules, dogs being brought in to camp, requests postage stamps and envelopes.
Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889 (Author)Barney, Maria (Recipient)
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Vermont Green Mountain Digital ArchiveKeywords
- Drill And Minor Tactics
- Fugitive Slaves
- Military Camps
- Military Life
- Pillage
- Slaver
- United States
- United States Army
- Virginia
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