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Preferred Citation:

TT.S. Hodgson Letter to Joseph Hodgson, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2013.287 was received by Special Collections in November 2013.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in November 2013.

Scope and Contents

Letter from T.S. Hodgson, a soldier from Company E, 105th Regiment,  Pennsylvania Volunteers,  to his uncle describing the town of Yorktown, Virginia during the Siege of Yorktown in the American Civil War. He described how he just go out of the hospital, firing shots against the rebels at the pickets, General McClellan as the head of the army, and not receiving a package from his uncle.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Fort Monroe (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Letters (correspondence)
• Virginia--Description and travel
• Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865