|
|
| ||
| Home | Letters | Pictures | Soldiers | Pensions | Obituaries | Newspapers | Union Soldiers | Search | |||
| Blackwell Letter | Civil War Letters of Russell County |
|
"...but they was a little too smart for us..." Letter of William Blackwell A letter written by William Blackwell from Camp near Gordonsville. Letter 1 describes camp life and skirmishes near Gordonsville. Blackwell enlisted in the 37th Virginia Infantry on 3/20/62 at Glade Springs for three years. He was wounded in the thigh at Chancellorsville in May of 1863. He was sent to a hospital in Richmond where he died and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. |
|