Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884 to Louis Janin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01697 Author/Creator: Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 3, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Benjamin informs his friend Janin, who is in Paris, of the death of his son Eugene Janin at the battle of Antietam. "He fell in the battle of Sharpsburg...doing his duty to his country in the front ranks...He was wounded so severely...it was found impossible to convey him and he was left...with not a hope of recovery." Eugene is buried "with numbers of the other victims to the Carnage now which the insensate ferocity of the accursed and demoniac Yankees now wage against us." Letter written on "Confederate States of America, Department of State," stationary. Military records indicate that Janin was actually killed on August 31, 1862 at the battle of Second Bull Run, not Antietam.
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