Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863 to Amanda Wilkinson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.13.038 Author/Creator: Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863 Place Written: Chesapeake Bay Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 April 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 20.2 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy
Written on board the [schooner] Donelson, Chesapeake Bay. Writes that he is lonely because he has been thinking of her and the baby so much. He was delayed for a while in Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. Thinks that he will be sent into action soon and that the Michigan Regiment will begin the attack. Believes that they will have a "good victory" and that the rebels' days are numbered. As he is writing the letter he arrives near Yorktown, Virginia and states that he can hear the roar of the cannon. States that General George B. McClellan has "things fixed so that they [the Confederates] will have to surrender."
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