Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sarah Marlin, 1864 June 14
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1380
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Sidney Marlin letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-0070
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sidney Marlin, a Union soldier (U.S. Army Signal Corps), to his wife Sallie [Sarah]. The letter is dated June 14, 1864 from Lexington, Virginia, where Union forces were camped during Hunter's Raid. Marlin describes VMI, comments on the destruction of VMI, and Governor Letcher's property.