Item 66: Letter from John Sedgwick to Jefferson Davis & Andrew Humphreys, [no year] July 16
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 66
Dates
- Created: [no year] July 16
Creator
- Sedgewick, John, 1813-1864 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
5 ⅛ in. x 3 ⅝ in.
Description:
This is a letter from John Sedgwick to Jefferson Davis and Andrew Humphreys on July 16. The letter seems to be about following an order regarding movement of troops. The creator of this letter, John Sedgwick, was born in Connecticut in 1813. Sedgwick was the Union Army general during the Civil War. This movement of troops is likely following both the Battle of Savage’s Station and Glendale, where Sedgwick was wounded. Sedgwick is writing to Confederacy President Jefferson Davis and Chief of Staff Andrew Humphreys about his movements, likely responding to correspondence instructing him what to do.
Transcription:
Head Quarters 6th Army Corps. 47
July 16th 1862, o’clock. M.
Col[onel] Davis
And best Ever-
Col[onel],
I found it impossible to get my Troops & Trains, on the ground you assigned, I have therefore put a Brigade in the general field on the left, but Horicord is coming in, on a Road to our
By command of Major General Sedgwick
left, and will not probably come to the place intended for him.
Yours
John Sedgwick
{upside down}
Major General Humphrey
Chief of Staff
&
Major Davis
R. J. Green
Creator
- Sedgewick, John, 1813-1864 (Person)
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