Peckham, L. H. (SC 3690)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

5-4-2023

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3690. Letter, 23 May 1862, to “Anson” from L. H. Peckham, in camp at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He describes the massing of Union troops in the area in anticipation of a march on Richmond, and the construction of railroad, plank and pontoon bridges. He also remarks on the recent visit of President Lincoln, whose “smiling countenance was met with many cheers by our Troops here, but with dismay by the citizens.”

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Peckham, L. H. (SC 3690)" (2023). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 5080.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/5080