Clayton Glanville Coleman, letter
September 19, 1862
“We or rather I was in Md ten days, during which time I was in Frederick City and Hagerstown. In the former county we were [received] with a good deal of kind feeling, but with not so much in the latter (Washington Co.), as that county had already furnished 14 companies to the Federal Army, 11 of which surrendered at Harpers Ferry.”
Author
Name: Clayton Glanville Coleman
Unit: 23rd Regiment Virginia Infantry
Document Information
Type: Letter
Subject(s):
- Civilian Support for the Union
- Civilian Support for the Confederacy
Event Location: Frederick City, Frederick Co., MD; Hagerstown, Washington Co. , MD
Document Origin: Winchester, Frederick Co., VA
Notes
Clayton G. Coleman served in the Virginia Infantry from 1861 to 1862 and in mid-1862 he became a physician in the confederate Medical Department.
Source
Clayton Glanville Coleman to Lucy Coleman. September 19, 1862. Clayton Coleman Letters: Civil War Doctor in Winchester, Virginia, 1862. VMI Archives Manuscript #0021. Obtained from http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=10375. Accessed on February 8, 2010.
