Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Cunningham, David. Letter, 3 February 1862. 2 pages.
Call No.
Mss. C C
Content
A letter written during the Civil War by David Cunningham, a Captain in Company B of the 30th Ohio Infantry. Cunningham writes to S. B. Shotwell, attorney, from McCoys Picket Post in North Carolina on 3 February 1862. Cunningham discusses business matters; guerilla warfare in North Carolina and how bushwhackers are killing anyone who has taken an oath of allegiance to the Union; the backwardness of North Carolina both in "intelligence and enterprise"; how the defeat of General Zollicoffer has energized the army; and speculates on promotions in the unit. He also writes about a false alarm at Raleigh where Union troops prepared for a siege and stood all night awaiting attack, only to realize that there was only an enemy scouting party in the area.