Tompkins, Aaron B.

Aaron B. Tompkins correspondence, 1863-1864. - 6 items.

Open to research.

Letters written by Tompkins to his mother and sister while serving in the 1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment in Virginia and Maryland during the Civil War. Mentions George Armstrong Custer and John Singleton Mosby and skirmishes around Warrenton, Petersburg, and Richmond, Va.




Soldier.


Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

mm 79006045


Custer, George A. 1839-1876.
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916.


United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States. Army. New Jersey Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)


Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Petersburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Warrenton (Va.)--History.


Soldiers.