Letter from Eugene F. Cordell to his mother, Christine T. Cordell on July 10, 1861
| dc.contributor.author | Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, 1843-1913 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-03T20:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-03T20:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1861-07-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10713/16565 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this letter, Eugene F. Cordell describes his trip from Lewisburg to Charlestown to his mother. Cordell joined the Confederate Army and describes his trip over mountains and beautiful country side to join up with a regiment in Charlestown, Virginia [now West Virginia]. He describes meeting General Robert E. Lee, a family friend. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Cordell Civil War Letters | |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | American Civil War | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cordell, Christine Turner | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cordell family | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Confederate States of America. Army | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Confederate States of America. Army--Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, 1843-1913 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Kanawha County (W. Va.)--History | en_US |
| dc.title | Letter from Eugene F. Cordell to his mother, Christine T. Cordell on July 10, 1861 | en_US |
| dc.type | Letter/Memo | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-03T20:33:49Z |
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