Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902 to Richard W. Hutson

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GLC#
GLC08165.68-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 9,1865
Author/Creator
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Title
to Richard W. Hutson
Place Written
Petersburg, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Hutson is "sad to hear about the breaking up of our home & the giving up of our country" in South Carolina. His family has moved to Barnwell, South Carolina, but he advises them to move again if the union advances further. Comments that Kenshaw's old brigade has been sent to join General William J. Hardee, and that John C. Haskell's 7th South Carolina regiment was on its way to South Carolina. Hutson is anxious to protect his home state. Discusses a possible furlough. Reports that a Union attack on Wilmington, Virginia, failed, but troops from Hutson's army have been sent there to brace for another attack. Hutson's regiment captured some Union soldiers last night, in order to obtain information. He read that Sherman is advancing on Grahamville, South Carolina. Charles was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his father.

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