A Collection in the Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2006.12
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Letter, 23 January 1862, A. Burwell, Camp Curtis, Land's End Va. to brother. 4p. on 1 leaf. ; 25x20 cm. Concerns good news
that brother is in winter quarters; thinks Charles should be discharged for disability; two companies of his regiment have
been moved to redoubts and rifle pits across a strip of land between Lames and Warwick rivers; heard that Merrimac is completed;
bill to re-organize Virginia forces; and says he is fighting for "liberty and country."
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Armistead Burwell Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Letter, 23 January 1862, A. Burwell, Camp Curtis, Land's End Va. to brother. 4p. on 1 leaf. ; 25x20 cm. Concerns good news
that brother is in winter quarters; thinks Charles should be discharged for disability; two companies of his regiment have
been moved to redoubts and rifle pits across a strip of land between Lames and Warwick rivers; heard that Merrimac is completed;
bill to re-organize Virginia forces; and says he is fighting for "liberty and country."