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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03696.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry |
| Title | Asa Smith to his mother reporting that the Union does not have sufficient forces at this place |
| Date | 31 May 1862 |
| Author | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Recipient | Smith, Ann |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | to mother [Ann Smith] He is feeling better now and his shakes are gone. The "mounted rifles" [cavalry] have arrived, and brought a "secesh" with them. Another squad of cavalry had a skirmish with 150 rebels and was overpowered. Eventually the Confederates retreated and the next day they found 7 dead horses in a pit on the road. The Union does not have sufficient forces at this place. He tells the story of a traitorous preacher. Numbered in pencil "79." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Infantry Health and Medical Cavalry Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Treason Religion |
| People | Smith, Asa (fl. 1861-1862) |
| Place written | Suffolk, 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 |