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Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008_0024
Creator	Huey, Pennock, 1828-1903
Title	Pennock Huey letter undated but believed to have been written in March 1862
Subject	Huey, Pennock, 1828-1903--Correspondence Soldiers--United States--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)
Description	Letter believed to be written in March 1862 from Captain Pennock Huey, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, to his future wife Lizzie (Elizabeth Waln Wistar Huey) living in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In this three-page letter Huey discusses his unit's orders to march to Alexandria, Virginia in the morning and apologizes to her for a heated discussion he had during his last visit to the Wistar home and to her guest Miss Carpenter, to whom he may have given offense with his remarks. Perhaps to make amends he mentions that Miss Carpenter's brother, J. Edward Carpenter (1841-1901), had just received his commission as lieutenant and that Joseph Wistar, Lizzie's brother, who considers Huey's tent his second home, had just left. (Editor's note: James Edward Carpenter did not receive his commission as 2nd Lieutenant until March 19, 1862, although Huey may have known his promotion was in the works earlier. Also, Huey mentions a photograph he supposedly sent in another letter. That letter is dated March 16, 1862 (see item MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008_0023). Thus the present document appears to have been written mid to late March 1862.)
Date Original	1862-03
Biographical/Historical Note	Pennock Huey (1828-1903) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Huey, a farmer, and his wife Sarah. According to official records, he enlisted in and received his commission as full captain in the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry on September 17, 1861. He was promoted to full major on January 1, 1892 and to full colonel on June 25, 1863. On May 3, 1863, during the Battle of Chancellorsville, he led the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry in a desperate charge that resulted in the death of 3 officers and 30 men. A year later (June 24, 1864) he was captured at the Battle of St. Mary's Church and imprisoned at various locations near Columbia, South Carolina, including Roper Hospital. On December 9, 1864, he was paroled during a prisoner exchange and returned to the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. On January 23, 1865, he was mustered out, and on March 13, 1865, he received promotion to Brevet Brigadier-General. After the war he married Elizabeth Waln Wistar and became a businessman.
Extent	3 scans
Format	Digital reproduction of 3-page document, 20 x 14 cm.
Publisher	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Digital	2011-08-31
Language	English;
Type	Text
Coverage	1861-1870
Relation	Is Part Of The Civil War in Your Attic Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Related items	Item provided to The Civil War in Your Attic Project by J. Wistar ("Pete") Huey III, digital donor number MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008
Rights	Permission to publish is required. Please contact Michael Scott, Digitization Supervisor/MDCH Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-545-6342, mdch@prattlibrary.org.

Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008_0024_0001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	Head Quarters 8th Pa Cavalry Miss Lizzie I reieved [sic] your letter which was a source of very great gretification [sic] I can assure you, at the time I sent that picture we did not expect to remain so long here but there is [sic] such large forces being shipped it tak[e]s some days to get them all off . There was an order come to night for us to march to Alexandria in the morning so that we will leave for a warm clime very soon[.]

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