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Preferred Citation

John P. Welsh letter, 1863. MS 0344. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter (dated May 12, 1863) written by Confederate soldier John P. Welsh to his wife and mother. Welsh, a staff officer, was in camp near Hamilton's Crossing after the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia and the letter mentions the death of Stonewall Jackson. Welsh was killed later that year.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
• Correspondence
• Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
• Virginia—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives—Confederate