Secrist, Robert B.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert B. Secrist Letters
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-010
Scope and Content
Civil War Union soldier in Company F, 1st U.S. Cavalry, from Pennsylvania. Ten letters from Secrist and other Union soldiers to his sister, Maria G. Secrist. Letters written from camps in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Secrist mentions a battle at Shiloh, Tennessee, and a brush with the Rebel soldiers at Falling Water, West Virginia.
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech