Roswell Farnham to Laura

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No. HEAD-QUARTERS PROVISIONAL BRIGADES,Washington,November 21st 1862

GUARDS will pass Lt. Col. Roswell Farnham, 12th. Vt. V. M. with horses & orderly and Wagons, Ambulances, Detachment across "Long Bridge", to & from Washington & by boat to & from Alexandria till further orders -

By order of General Casey:N. S. Jeffries
Assist. Adjt. General

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Title: Roswell Farnham to Laura
Author: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created: 1862-12-14
Description: Farnham writes to his sister, Laura, about the regiment moving to a new camp near Fairfax Courthouse (Fairfax, Virginia), the arrival of Mary Farnham and Mrs. Blunt, the movement of General Sigel and his 20 to 40,000 troops, and reference to the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia (Dec 11-15).
Subject: Families of military personnel.
Marching.
Military camps -- Virginia.
United States Army -- Military life.
FarnhamRoswell 1827-1903.
Genre: correspondence
Type: text
Language: English
Extent: 4 pages
Language of Cataloging: English
Source Document Location: Special Collections, University of Vermont
Date Captured: 2011-04-28T16:50:54.86Z
Digital Format: image/tiff
Note [Digital Version]: 2011-04-28, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Access Conditions: No known copyright restrictions.
Identifier (local): cwuvmfarnham104
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War
Roswell Farnham Correspondence
mods_created_date_year_ms: 18621214

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