2ND NC CAVALRY CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR LETTER - JULY 24, 1864 - WINDER HOSPITAL

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2ND NC CAVALRY CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR LETTER - JULY 24, 1864 - WINDER HOSPITAL:
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2NDN.C.CAVALRY CIVIL WAR SOLDIER\'S LETTER
CAMP WINDER HOSPITAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

This marvelous Confederate Civil War letter was written byPrivateJesse R.E. Pitmanofthe2ndNorth Carolina Cavalry-Gordon\'s-Barringer\'s Brigade,W.H.F. Lee\'sDivision.Pennedfrom Winder Hospital, Division 4. in Richmond on July 24, 1864.Jesse J.R.E. Pitmanwas a private in Company E of the 2nd N.C. Cavalry. He enlisted for Confederate service on June 10, 1861. Winder Hospital was in many ways the “sister hospital” to Chimborazo, the only other camp of comparable size in Richmond. Originally divided into five divisions, a sixth was added plus a tent division for an additional 700 patients. With over 98 buildings, it sat on 125 acres of farmland and accommodated nearly 5,000 patients. The camp was situated on what was then the western edge of town in an area just east of what is now Byrd Park. Supposedly some of the former ward buildings of the hospital were converted into homes and can be found still standing in the area, particularly along Powhatan Street.The2ndNorth CarolinaCavalrywasorganized on August 30, 1861. The unit participated in every significant engagement as part of the Army of Northern Virginia and was present at Appomattox Courthouse.