Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901 to Frederick Thomas Locke
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02465.05 Author/Creator: Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901 Place Written: Harrison's Bar, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 July 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.9.cm. Order a Copy
Written during the Peninsula Campaign. Brigadier General Butterfield informs Captain Locke that verbal notice has been given for his command to move. Discusses the allocation of tents. Notes that his command has received Sibley tents. On the verso of the letter are lengthy autograph endorsements signed by Brigadier General George Webb Morell (1815-1883) and Major General Fitz-John Porter.
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