096. Samuel Wragg Ferguson to F.R. Barker (Godmother) -- September 13, 1861

Title:

096. Samuel Wragg Ferguson to F.R. Barker (Godmother) -- September 13, 1861

Date:

1861

Creator (Personal):

Heyward and Ferguson families, 1806-1923

Description:

Samuel Wragg Ferguson, aide-de-camp to General P.G.T. Beauregard, writes to his godmother from Fairfax Court House, Virginia, September 13th, 1861. Ferguson details a recent skirmish in Lewinsville pitting Union troops against Confederate Col. J.E.B. Stuart's men in which "we got seven killed, wounded and prisoners and know that they carried off many of their dead...fact is they wont stay to be killed." He writes of the secret construction of a battery along the Potomac that "will entirely stop the navigation of the river" and warns his godmother not to let "any communicative person hear any thing of this." On the envelope is written "there is a secret in this." 5p.

Collection Title:

Heyward and Ferguson Family Papers, 1806-1923

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Confederate States of America. Army
Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 1834-1917--Correspondence
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864--Military leadership

Geographic Subject:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

Mss 0092

Date Digital:

2009-09

Digitization Specifications:

700 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL scanner, Archival Master is a tiff.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.

Admin ID:

36319