42nd Infantry Regiment
VA TROOPS
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also
10th Virginia Cavalry
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Penn, Joseph Goodman. Letter, 11 June 1864.
Accession 40888. 4 pages.
Library of Va.
Letter, 11 June 1864, from Joseph Goodman Penn, Camp Lee, Richmond, to his sister, Sarah R. Hay of Patrick County, Virginia.
The letter was written when Joseph was conscripted back into the army and sent to Camp Lee.
Topics include his conscription, fighting near Richmond, and camp life.
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Penn, William Alexander. Letter, 8 December 1864.
Accession 42177. 4 pages.
Library of Va.
Letter, 8 December 1864, from William Alexander Penn (1840-1887), 24th Virginia Infantry, to his sister Sarah R. Penn Hay (1829-1898) of Patrick County, Virginia, describing camp life during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
Stating that his brother Joseph Penn (1832-1906) had stayed with him one night on his way back to the 10th Virginia Cavalry.
Noting that the Union army had briefly stationed African American troops in front of his regiment, then moved them. Predicting some heavy fighting soon along the lines at Dutch Gap; and adding news of other family and friends.
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Joseph was a P.O.W. in 1865 and taken to Point Lookout, Maryland. It was on a sandbar, with only tents to sleep in.
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He and Ruth were married in 1867 and some of their children were:
John T.
Edwin Green
Magdalene
Annie
Sallie L.
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Joseph was in the tobacco business for many years.
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1880 Census, Snow Creek, Stokes County, NC:
Joseph age 48 Merchant
Ruth age 34
John T. b.1868
Maggie b.1870
Annie b.1872
Sallie b.1876
Blanche b.1879
(there was a cook for the family and 2 others in the household)
42nd Infantry Regiment
VA TROOPS
*****
also
10th Virginia Cavalry
*****
Penn, Joseph Goodman. Letter, 11 June 1864.
Accession 40888. 4 pages.
Library of Va.
Letter, 11 June 1864, from Joseph Goodman Penn, Camp Lee, Richmond, to his sister, Sarah R. Hay of Patrick County, Virginia.
The letter was written when Joseph was conscripted back into the army and sent to Camp Lee.
Topics include his conscription, fighting near Richmond, and camp life.
*****
Penn, William Alexander. Letter, 8 December 1864.
Accession 42177. 4 pages.
Library of Va.
Letter, 8 December 1864, from William Alexander Penn (1840-1887), 24th Virginia Infantry, to his sister Sarah R. Penn Hay (1829-1898) of Patrick County, Virginia, describing camp life during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
Stating that his brother Joseph Penn (1832-1906) had stayed with him one night on his way back to the 10th Virginia Cavalry.
Noting that the Union army had briefly stationed African American troops in front of his regiment, then moved them. Predicting some heavy fighting soon along the lines at Dutch Gap; and adding news of other family and friends.
*****
Joseph was a P.O.W. in 1865 and taken to Point Lookout, Maryland. It was on a sandbar, with only tents to sleep in.
*****
He and Ruth were married in 1867 and some of their children were:
John T.
Edwin Green
Magdalene
Annie
Sallie L.
*****
Joseph was in the tobacco business for many years.
*****
1880 Census, Snow Creek, Stokes County, NC:
Joseph age 48 Merchant
Ruth age 34
John T. b.1868
Maggie b.1870
Annie b.1872
Sallie b.1876
Blanche b.1879
(there was a cook for the family and 2 others in the household)
Family Members
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Martha Ann Catherine Penn Zentmeyer
1820–1897
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George Washington Penn
1822–1867
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Lafayette Penn
1824–1829
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Elizabeth A. "Eliza" Penn Hairston
1826–1900
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Sarah Ruth Penn Hay
1829–1899
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Lucinda Susan Penn Penn
1834 – unknown
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Sgt Thomas Green Penn
1838–1885
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William Alexander Penn
1840–1887
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Corp John Stovall Penn
1842–1861
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