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Custodial History

The L.W. Fisk Letter was part of the Civil War Collection, Mss. 39.1 C76, until November 2017. The former citation was Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Preferred Citation

L.W. Fisk Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

L.W. Fisk, Capt. Crescent Rifles, Warwick Co., Va., to Major W.H. Rightor, Commanding Louisiana Battalion. Fisk describes an encounter of his infantry detachment of 100 men under Col. Dreux against a Federal detachment and a few horsemen near Newport News, Va. He takes over the command when Col. Dreux is killed. However, the enemy fled which prevented carrying out Col. Dreux' command.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Newport News (Va.)
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.