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Custodial History

Acc. 2001.40 was an addition to 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.

Biographical / Historical

Johnston. H. Skelly was a Union soldier, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, and was buried at Gettysburg.

Scope and Contents

A letter by Johnston .H. Skelly, New Kent Court House, to his wife about the Battle of Williamsburg and the Peninsular Campaign. He witnesses the burning of the Merrimack [CSS Virginia].

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Merrimack (Frigate)
• Peninsular Campaign, 1862
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives--Union.
• United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 101st (1861-1865)
• Virginia (Ironclad)
• Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862