13 May [18]62. N[athaniel] V. W[atkins], New Kent County, [Va.] to Nannie [V. Watkins].

13 May [18]62. N[athaniel] V. W[atkins], New Kent County, [Va.] to Nannie [V. Watkins].

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Watkins family.

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 34th.

Peninsular Campaign,1862.

Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand
Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two - one half, including our boys, to be light artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia [Company] and 23rd N.C. [Company]; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.

Watkins, Nathaniel V.

Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers, 1846-1889, Mss. 39.1 W32.019, Box 1, Folder 2

Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

1862-05-13

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Mss. 39.1 W32.019