Letter from Colonel Cherry to G.G. Arthur
- Title
- Letter from Colonel Cherry to G.G. Arthur
- Description
- Letter from Colonel Cherry of the 15th North Carolina Reserves stationed in Greenville, N.C to G.G. Arthur. The colonel comments on African Americans joining the Union cause, lack of Union bravery, Confederate troop movements in Pennsylvania, the siege of Vicksburg, Lee's motives for moving northward and the results on the South if Lee is successful, Confederate deserters, and Union faith in "buffaloes" and African Americans.
- Date
- July 05, 1863
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 14cm x 21cm
- Local Identifier
- 0235-b1-fa
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions
- Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
- Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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Military History
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African American History and Culture
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Military History: Civil War
- Location of Original
- Arthur Family Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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