Thomas A. Nicholson letters
Published: 1861
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Military life; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade; Soldiers; Confederate States of America. Army; Hospitals; History
Description: Five letters of Virginia Civil War soldier Thomas A. Nicholson to his mother and sister, May-November 1861, while Nicholson was serving in the Stonewall Brigade. The letters discuss various aspects of military life; Nicholson's stay in Manassas hospital; his desire to meet the Union Army in battle; and his unit's prospective move to winter quarters at Winchester, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley.
Notes: In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5006-z).

Microfilm copy available.

Received 1999.

Thomas A Nicholson joined the Stonewall Brigade (Company D of the 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment) at Winchester, Va., on 18 July 1861. After brief stays at Harper's Ferry, Va., and Manassas Hospital, he spent much of what is known of the rest of his military career at Camp Centerville, Va. He does not appear on the muster rolls for his unit after December 1861.