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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.15 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
Title | Asa Smith to his mother reporting that his regiment is now under the command of General McClellan |
Date | 7 June 1862 |
Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
Recipient | Smith, Ann |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | to mother [Ann Smith] The regiment is now under the command of General McClellan. General Wool has stepped down. He says Wool was starting to show his age. They have no orders to go yet, but it seems to be coming soon. Col. [Peirce] is a "disgrace to the state, and the service" as he marches the men too hard in dangerously hot weather. Peirce was court-martialed but was returned to duty. Smith seems optimistic about the Union's battles. Numbered in pencil "81." |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Union General Court Martials and Courts of Inquiry Military Law |
People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) |
Place written | Suffolk, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Unit | Massachusetts 16th Regiment infantry, K company |