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Preferred Citation:

Herbert George Bond Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2014.245 was received by Special Collections in February 2014. The letter was purchased from the Dulin fund.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Tim Eklund, Special Collections staff, in February 2015.

Administrative History:

George Herbert Bond was born in 1846 and served as a private in the 16th Vermont Militiamen during the American Civil War. After the war, Bond was a doorkeeper of the United States Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one letter written by a Union soldier named Herbert George Bond at Union Mills, Virginia to his brother in Dummerston, Vermont. It describes the illness and death of a fellow soldier, the arrival of a slave fleeing from Richmond at their camp, and Bond's expectation that his troop will travel to Fredericksburg.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Letters (correspondence)
• Slavery--Virginia--19th century
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865