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enlisting
Henry Dedrick was a farmer from Rockingham co. Virginia. He enlisted into the 52nd infantry in Waynesboro,Virginia. He enlisted on July 5th 1861 -
Henry writes his wife
Henry writes his wife telling her about a big rain that had accured, he also answered her question about the food they had to eat. -
Henry writes his wife to tell about some friends health
Henry writes his wife and tells here about some friends that are in bad health, and tells her that to get some money she needs to sell some barley or a calf. -
Henry writes wife about War
Henry writes his wife and tells her about how they are scouting Union soldiers. He also tells her about some men going AWOL. -
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Henry writes about illness in camp to his wife
Henry tells his wife and tells her about an illness in camp called erysipelas. He also tells her about the people who went AWOL,and tells her that they did not really have any punishment. -
Battle of McDowell
Henrys regiment ( the 52nd Virginia infrantry) fought at the Battle of Mcdowell on May 8th, 1862, the regiment suffered the loss of 7 killed and 46 wounded. -
Wounded
Henry was wounded in action at cross keys 6/8/1862. -
The Battle of Cross Keys
The Battle of Cross Keys happened on June 8th, 1862. Henrys rigement ( the 52nd Virginia infantry) lost 14 men, and had 87 wounded. -
Battle of Port Republic
Henry fought in this battle. He wrote his wife and told her the details and what had happened. The loss for the Confederate was 75 killed or wounded. -
wounded again
Henry was wounded again at the battle of Gaines Mill 6/27/1862. -
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AWOL
Henry went AWOL from the Confederate in 1862 and was not found until April 1863, instead of being killed he was fined x amount of money. -
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The Battle of Second Manassas
Henrys regiment (the 52nd Virginia infantry) fought a hard and long battle at the Battle of Manasas, the rigiment lost 61 men. -
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Henry fought in the battle of Chancellorsville. The americans had 20,000 either wounded, killed, or lost in battle, they also lost General Stonewall Jackson -
Henry writes to wife about death of Stonewall Jackson
Henry tells his wife about how Stonewall Jackson was shot and injured. He lost his arm and then got pneumonia, e then later died. -
Near camp Winchester
Henry writes his wife telling her about action happening near Winchester VA. He also tells her about the Confederate taking many Union soldiers. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Henry fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. He thought one of his friends got injured but as it turned out he got killed. His name was Joseph Grass -
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AWOL for the second time
Henry went AWOL for a second time on July 27th 1863. The Confederate doesnt know it yet but Henry is scaping to the North. -
Henry takes oath to the North
Henry, after going AWOL for the second time in the South, shows up in the North in WVA and takes oath to the North. -
Regiment Surrenders
On April 9th, 1865 Henrys infantry surrendered to the Union, his regiment included 7 officers and 53 men, 14 of which were armed. The officers in the rigement were Colonels John B. Baldwin, John D. Lilley, John D.H. Ross, and Thomas H. Watkins. -
Civil War Ends
On may 9th 1865, General Lee was surrounded, out of food, and out of hope. He knew the best thing to do was to surrender, that is what he did. He surrendered to General Grant marking the end of a Civil war that lasted for four years that killed over 600,000 americans. -
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Returning Back Home
After the war Henry returned back to Augusta county where he stayed and lived until he died on November 10th 1921
