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Ed Besch's Historical Report on The Battle at Fort Pocahontas
Ed Besch rediscoved the history behind Fort Pocahontas. This report was so powerful that Harrison Tyler bought the land that Fort Pocahontas sits on and restored it. This is the military historical document that started it all.

The Arter letters
Letters written by a soldiers who stayed at Fort Pocahontas and raided President Tyler's home Sherwood Forest.

New Arter letter
This letter seems to be written by the same soldier staying at Fort P. Discusses a massacre at Fort Watkins. Also confirms that the USCT soldiers were accepted by the regulars troops after they proved their meddle.

Major General Godfrey Weitzel
The engineer who originally designed Fort Pocahontas in 1864.

"Valor at Wilson's Wharf"
Article written by Leonne Hudson and published in Civil War Times Illustrated. in March, 1988.

Dig Unearths Details Of Historic Civil War Battle
This story was recently published in the William & Mary News.

Field Fortifications
Excerpts from Field Fortifications by P E MacDuffie

General Edward Wild's Report on May 25, 1864

Major-general Benj. F. Butler Report on May 25, 1864

Second Lieutenant Julius M. Swain's Report on May 25, 1864

"NO DANGER OF SURRENDER" An Historical Archaeological Perspective of the Civil War Battle of Wilsonıs Wharf, Charles City County, Virginia by Jameson M. Harwood

FORT POCAHONTAS: RESULTS FROM THE 2001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SEASON by Dennis Blanton

 

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