SCC writes to his father that they crossed over to Richmond and went to Charleston. He reports that they went to the military camp at Fredericksburg and met the generals. He writes that they are trying to figure out how to leave but will most likely go over the Potomac river which is the same way that they came. He writes that he saw the President again at Richmond and the troops were in very good spirits and ready for a long war. He reports that he visited two or three plantations and he believes the "negroes" [enslaved black African Americans] here do not appear to be about to stage an insurrection and that they look in no worse a state than Irish labourers. He writes that he admires the southerners as he writes they have a lot of dignity. Sent from: Charleston, date stamped, 21 Jan.
Letter from Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington to William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/184
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/184, CS8/340/184
- Dates of Creation
- 21 January 1863
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 2 sheets
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.
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