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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
| Title | Asa Smith to his sister regarding the mutiny of southern regiments |
| Date | 17 November 1861 |
| Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He writes that he heard southern regiments mutinied by Norfolk when they were not allowed to go to the defense of their states and said they would only fight under "the stars and stripes." A hard-of-hearing Union sergeant was accidentally shot by his own sentry when he failed to respond to the cry. He hopes he will be ordered to Beaufort. He reports that German scouts saw "2000 rebels" nearby and says if the Confederates attack Newport News, "they will get awfully whipped." The chaplain saw Senators Mason and Slidell. The men badly need new pants. Smith received letters from Wallace and others. Numbered in pencil "25." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Confederate States of America American Flag Mutiny Health and Medical Injury or Wound Immigration and Migration Religion Clothing and Accessories Trent Affair Diplomacy Prisoner of War |
| People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Camp Hamilton, Hampton, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Religion |
| 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 |