Letter from J.R. Fearing to Captain Timothy Hunter
- Title
- Letter from J.R. Fearing to Captain Timothy Hunter
- Description
- Letter to Captain Timothy Hunter from J.R. Fearing regarding the Burnside Expedition. Fearing tells Hunter that General Ambrose Burnside's men are close and they are waiting to be attacked near Elizabeth City, N.C. He asks Hunter to take care of his wife if something happens to him. He mentions that a part of General Henry A. Wise's forces are present, but he wishes the whole unit was there. Date approximated.
- Date
- February 1862 - June 1862
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- Local Identifier
- 0748-b2-ff
- Creator(s)
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence
- Pasquotank County (N.C.)--History, Military--19th century
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- Timothy Hunter Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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