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Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2023

Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3690. Letter, 23 May 1862, to “Anson” from L. H. Peckham, in camp at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He describes the massing of Union troops in the area in anticipation of a march on Richmond, and the construction of railroad, plank and pontoon bridges. He also remarks on the recent visit of President Lincoln, whose “smiling countenance was met with many cheers by our Troops here, but with dismay by the citizens.”