Inventory of the Armistead Burwell Letter 1862 Burwell, Armistead Letter Mss. Acc. 2006.12

Inventory of the Armistead Burwell Letter 1862

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Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2006.12


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Repository:
Special Collections Research Center
Identification:
01/Mss. Acc. 2006.12
Title:
Armistead Burwell Letter 1862
Quantity:
1.00
Creator:
Burwell, Armistead, b. 1811 arrangement
Language of Materials
The papers are in: English
Abstract:
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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Preferred Citation

Armistead Burwell Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

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."

Index Terms

    Genre/Form of Material:

  • Correspondence
  • Topical Term:

  • Confederate States of America--Army--Virginia Infantry Regiment, 14th--History.
  • Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.