Letters from Ernest Perceval, 1856 April 11-1856 October 24

Perceval family--Correspondence
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Russia--History--Alexander II, 1855-1881
France--Army--Foreign service--Russia
Great Britain--Army--Regiment of Foot, 88th
Great Britain--Army--Foreign service--Russia
Great Britain--Army--Officers--Military and personal papers--19th century
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Personal narratives.

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This contains eight letters from Ernest Perceval. A letter from Ernest Perceval, dated April 11, 1856, to Anna concerns family matters. He writes a very short note to his mother on the second page that he is safe and well. April 14, 1856, he includes a note to his father stating that the Russians are retreating. There is an incomplete letter to his cousin discussing a narrow escape after having left a village. The twenty-four page letter dated October 19, 20 and 23 to Anna describes, very poetically, the scenes around him and includes sketches. Another letter is a detailed account of the attack of the Redan. A letter to his mother reports a sortie on the French. Another letter to Anna mentions having read about charcoal and its economical application. The last letter seems to repeat the previous. One page is overwritten by Perceval.
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Lieutenant Ernest Perceval Papers

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