Letter from Augustus Hesse, Fort Ramsay, Camp at Upton's Hill, Virginia, to Deborah Weston, Decbr' 23th, 1862

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Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, Fort Ramsay, Camp at Upton's Hill, Virginia, to Deborah Weston, Decbr' 23th, 1862
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
December 23, 1862
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Fort Ramsay, Camp at Upton's Hill, Virginia
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Augustus Hesse describes camp life during the Civil War. He tells about his living quarters and his daily routine. He describes the ruined and desecrated churches in Falls Church. Major General S. P. Heintzelman commands the troops in winter quarters at Fort Ramsay. Upton Hill is the headquarters of Brig. General Kerney(?). Major General Abercrombie praised Augustus Hesse's battery. In the postscript, Augustus Hesse tells of the Christmas dinner sent by Mrs. Faile of Washington and talking to the wounded soldiers who returned from Fredericksburg.
Identifier:
3133548
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.34
Barcode:
39999066784347
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