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Collection Reference Number GLC02159.02
From Archive Folder Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry 
Title Francis G. Blackman to his friend Bennett describing a skirmish with the Confederates and conversing with abandoned slaves on a plantation
Date 2 December 1861
Author Blackman, Francis G. (fl. 1861-1865)  
Recipient Bennett  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description "...plenty of cotton here and sweet potatoes, peanuts, oringes, rice, Niggers, rattlesnakes coper heads glass snake mocins and another cind about 18 feet long...alligators..." "...the Rebel's boats fired 2 or 3 round and run up the creek...Rebels fought well but their guns was ranged too high..." "... the stars and stripes was floating over the R Battery and we was the first regiment that went ashore. We went in the fort...came to a plantation and found plenty of knapsacks ...100 or more knapsacks in the woods..." "...we asked the Niggers whair thar masters was and they said lord Jesus Crist he run Master gon and left us he hav on no coat on no hat on."
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Union Soldier's Letter  Union Forces  African American History  Religion  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Diet and Nutrition  Cotton  Wildlife  Geography and Natural History  Navy  Artillery  Weaponry  American Flag  Confederate States of America  Fortification  Military Supplies  Refugees  
People Blackman, Francis G. (fl. 1861-1865)  
Place written Hilton Head, South Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Folder Information: The collection includes letters of brothers James A. and Francis G. Blackman from Gloucester, Rhode Island. Letters regarding campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and South Carolina. James A. Blackman served in the Rhode Island 7th Infantry from September 1862 to October 1863. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, 23rd Regiment on 29 October 1863 where he served until the end of the war. There is no regiment information available for Francis Blackman.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater