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Description
Samuel Washburn wrote to his brother Elihu Washburne in 1862. During the Civil War Samuel Washburn served as an officer on the U.S. Navy gunboat Galena.
Washburn discussed the Battle of Chancellorsville, which took place in Virginia, and mentions the death of Stonewall Jackson. Washburn included information about the 4,000 Confederate soldiers of the 11th Corps who were taken prisoner.
Samuel Washburn concluded the letter by discussing the hardship of the troops and fighting under poor weather conditions.
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About This Item
- Title: Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862
- Creator: Samuel Benjamin Washburn
- Creation Date: 1862
- Subject Date: 1862
- Location: City Point, Prince George County, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.29 cm x 12.73 cm
- Local Code: Box 1 Folder 10
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Washburn, Elihu Benjamin, 1816-1887
- Military service--1860-1870
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
- Soldiers--Maine
- Warships--United States--Maine
- Washburn, Samuel Benjamin, 1824-1890
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military service, Voluntary
- Gunboats--United States--Maine
- Military service, Voluntary Recruiting & enlistment--Livermore
- Washburn family
People
- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan
- Longstreet, James
- Magruder, John B.
- McClellan, George Brinton
- Washburn, Samuel Benjamin
- Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
Other Keywords
- Army of the Potomac
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Hampton Roads
- Civil War battles
- Elihu Washburne
- Galena
- George McClellan
- Gunboats
- James Longstreet
- James River
- John Magruder
- Samuel Washburn
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Washburn Norlands Living History Center290 Norlands Road, Livermore, ME 04253
(207) 897-4366
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