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| Title | I am in great hopes that the fighting is over |
| Creator | Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 |
| Date Created | 1862-07-06 |
| Digital Collection | John B. Alexander papers, 1855-1911 |
| Description | This letter was written by Dr. J. B. Alexander and sent to his wife, Ann, on July 6, 1862. Writing from a location "25 miles below Richmond" Dr. J. B. Alexander describes the large number of discarded weapons as well as his uncertainty about the regiment's casualties following the Seven Days Battles between General George B. McClellan's Union Army of the Potomac and General Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops. On one side of the correspondence is the address, "Mrs. Dr. J. B. Alexander, Alexandriana, Mecklenburg Co., N.C." and there are two five-cent Confederate Stamps picturing Jefferson Davis. They appear to be from the 1861 stamp issue. "McLelland" most likely refers to General George B. McClellan, who famously organized the Army of the Potomac, the Union Army's premier fighting force. |
| Transcription | "Dear Wife, I am in great hopes that the fighting is over. McLelland [sic] has been whiped [sic] every day for 6 or 7 days in suscession [sic]. He was driven from every position that he took. This morning we found 3000 stand of arms his men had thrown away. [One stand of arms represented a complete set of weaponry issued to a soldier, for example, a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; but frequently, it was just the musket and bayonet alone.] I think the enimy [sic] have reached their gun boats; but we know nothing that is going on, only what is done in our division. Our men are worn out, we only have 15 with us of our company, the rest have been sent back to camp. Company K of our Reg. has but one man with us; we have 170 in the Reg. I do not know how many of our camp were killed. I know nothing about our sick. I hear [sic] from Houston just before the fighting began, but have not heard of him since. I have been Asst. Surgeon since last Sunday, on last Monday night I worked all night with the wounded. A field hospital is an awful place. I rode over the Battle of [?] Tuesday, it was a terrible scene. I will write you more when I have a chance. I have written 3 times this week. J. B. Alexander [ps] I have heard nothing from the petition." |
| Subjects--Names |
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 Alexander, Ann Wall Lowrie, 1834-1893 Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 Lowrie, Houston B., 1832-1862 |
| Subjects--Organizations |
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Firearms Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 37th United States. Army of the Potomac |
| Subjects--Topics |
Military weapons--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862 |
| Subjects--Locations | Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns; |
| Coverage--Place |
Virginia Richmond (Va.) |
| Digital Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Object Type | Text |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | http://library.uncc.edu/manuscript/ms0218 |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Relation | Forms part of : John B. Alexander Papers, 1855-1911 |
| Language | eng |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Location of Original | Manuscript 218, Special Collections Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
| Identifier | Alexander_MS218_1_3_31 |
| Date Digitized | 2011 |
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| Title | Alexander_MS218_1_3_31b |
| Creator | Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 |
| Digital Collection | John B. Alexander papers, 1855-1911 |
| Digital Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Object Type | Text |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | http://library.uncc.edu/manuscript/ms0218 |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Relation | Forms part of : John B. Alexander Papers, 1855-1911 |
| Language | eng |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Location of Original | Manuscript 218, Special Collections Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
| Date Digitized | 2011 |
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