Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
William B. Adams of Co. B of the 5th Maine Infantry wrote to his sister in November 1861 from Virginia about a grand review by Gen. George B. McClellan, who became general-in-chief of the Union armies on Nov. 1, 1861, and President Lincoln.
Adams, a fifer, wrote, "There were from sixty to seventy five thousand present and it was over near Mansions Hill formerly occupied by the Rebels.
"If you could imagine that number of men all formed in Military order and all moving at one time you would call it a Beautiful Spectacle."
The letter is not signed and appears to be incomplete.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: W.B. Adams on military review, Virginia, 1861
- Creator: William Bryant Adams
- Creation Date: 1861-11-24
- Subject Date: 1861
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Locations:
- Washington, DC
- Casco, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 371, Box 1/2
- Collection: William Bryant Adams Civil War letters and diaries
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Adams, Dorothy K.--Correspondence
- Adams, William Bryant, 1842-1922--Correspondence
- Letters
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
- McClellan, Goerge Brinton, 1826-1885
- Military parades & ceremonies--1860-1870
- Soldiers
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army--Military life
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864). Company K
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