Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains a letter written by Private Samuel Worcester Burrows of Company C, 27th New York Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing to "Friend Wheeler" from a camp near Harrison's Landing [Virginia] on August 1, 1862, Burrows states that the regiment is enjoying a rest after heavy marching and fighting. He looks forward to seeing "that wonderful city Richmond, of which there has been so much said" but, in noting the army's previous attempts to take the city, calls it...