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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04662.052 |
From Archive Folder | Charles E. Walbridge Collection |
Title | Charles E. Walbridge to his mother mentioning his sawmill, the progress of the canal and the army's Christmas barrage on Charleston |
Date | 25 December 1863 |
Author | Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | The army celebrated Christmas with an artillery barrage on the city of Charleston. As a result a fire broke out in the city which burned for 11 hours. The rebels fired back, hit a gun boat and killed three people. He is applying for leave, but does not want to get his hopes up. His sawmill is running but needs a new boiler. He mentions the progress of the canal. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Artillery Battle of Charleston Battle Death Confederate States of America Navy Infantry Building Construction Canals Industry Mill Forestry |
People | Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866) |
Place written | Folly Island, South Carolina |
Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; Industry; 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 |