Civil War -- Jenkins, Albert G. Brigade
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Castelli Rathbone, Colonel, Civil War Letter and Parole Pledge
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3781
Overview
Single leaf with two documents on front and back (recto and verso) respectively. On one side is an apparently unsent letter authored by Colonel John Castelli Rathbone, 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, from Spencer (West) Virginia to the commanding officer at Ravenswood, (West) Virginia, dated 2 September 1862. Rathbone urgently requests reinforcements against an expected attack by Confederate cavalry. The verso is a "true copy" of the parole pledge signed by Rathbone and other members...
Dates:
1862