Campbell, Fannie, fl. 1862 to Thomas E. Vermilye

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GLC#
GLC04636
Type
Letters
Date
30 June 1862
Author/Creator
Campbell, Fannie, fl. 1862
Title
to Thomas E. Vermilye
Place Written
Hampton, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 26.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Campbell, a nurse, informs Pastor Vermilye of events which took place while she rode aboard the Union hospital steamer, the Kennebec, travelling to White House, Virginia. States that while on the Pamunkey River, the Kennebec met many transports traveling in the opposite direction, escaping fires and battle that raged behind them. The Kennebec then retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, as "mild flowers were blooming on the banks Nature in her rich June dress enthroned like a queen sat bland and smiling as if the bloodred hand of civil war was not lifted in her domain." Reports that General Stonewall Jackson intends to descend upon Yorktown after seizing military stores at White House. Written at Fort Monroe.

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