Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890 to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House"
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02426.01 Author/Creator: Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890 Place Written: Newport News, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 April 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Partial letter to his wife discussing camp life and military operations during the Peninsula campaign Describes Union and Confederate entrenchments and troop numbers during the siege of Yorktown. In fact the Rebels had far fewer troops than Crocker cites here, but McClellan, as he often did, vastly overestimated his opponent's strength. Written at Warwick Courthouse.
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