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Collection Reference Number GLC04662.029
From Archive Folder Charles E. Walbridge Collection 
Title Charles E. Walbridge to his mother explaining that the expedition cannot progress until the navy is ready, and that Colonel Davis may hold the position of division commander permanently if General Heckman is not confirmed
Date 12 March 1863
Author Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description The expedition cannot progress until the navy is ready. Col. Davis is acting a division commander. Davis may hold that position permanently since General Heckman was never confirmed by the senate.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Navy  Union General  Congress  
People Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866)  Heckman, Charles Adam (1822-1896)  
Place written St. Helena, South Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime
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: Recipient Relationship Mother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 100th New York Volunteers, H Company