Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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William B. Adams of Co. B of the 1st Maine Veteran Volunteers wrote to his sister Dora in Maine suggesting he had little to say, but that she might enjoy hearing about "a little fight which occured here yesterday."
He said the Rebels began the fight and took about 2,100 prisoners. By nightfall, all the troops were free and back in their Union quarters.
The Confederacy surrendered formally on April 12, 1865, about two weeks after the "little fight" on March 26, 1865.
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About This Item
- Title: William B. Adams description of fight, Virginia, 1865
- Creator: William B. Adams
- Creation Date: 1865-03-26
- Subject Date: 1865
- Location: Fort Stedman, Petersburg, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 371, Box 1/5
- Collection: William Bryant Adams Civil War letters and diaries
- Object Type: Text
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- Adams, Dorothy K.--Correspondence
- Adams, William Bryant, 1842-1922--Correspondence
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865
- Battles & campaigns
- Families--Maine--Casco
- Fort Stedman, Battle of, Petersburg, Va., 1865
- Letters
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
- Soldiers
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army--Military life
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864). Company K
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