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George Herndon's letter to his mother, April 17th, 1864

George was killed May 16, 1864 at the battle of Drewry's Bluff, he was 20 years old.  He was in the 34th Virginia  Infantry.  George is my maternal great-great-great uncle.   My grandmother Mamie Sonora Herndon Knott had the letters in her desk for years.   George was her great-uncle.  Camp Pine Berry was part of the coastal fortifications around Charleston, South Carolina.   Sometime in the spring of 1864 the 34th VA was ordered up towards Richmond to stave off Grant and Butler.  For a text translation of this and other letters he wrote, click here.  To view his mother's letter to her other sons after his death, click here.