letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1980-11-54-3
Description
One of six manuscript letters written to his mother by Lt Henry James Alderson, 10th Bn Royal Artillery, August 1854 to March 1855. He describes several engagements, including the Battle of Inkerman, and also sketches a dug out that he had constructed. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).
Events
Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)
Units
Associated collection
