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Date Created
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

December 30, 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Written from Camp Follett. Stationary embossed "Congress A.P. Co."

GLC01898.13
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

circa May 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Describes the capture of a steam gun. "... we disembarked and took possession of the renowned Steam gun and four mules which was on its way to harpers ferry to the sesesion [sic] army there ... it is quite a curious machine and if it does what its...

GLC01898.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

15 July 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Speaks critically of "our renowned surgeon Dr. Ordway."

GLC01898.04
GLC01898.07
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

December 1, 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

GLC01898.07
GLC01898.11
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

December 20, 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Writes that tomorrow General George B. McClellan will do a ground review of General Fitz-John Porter's division. Captain Follett's battery will be there. Written from Camp Follett. Stationary embossed "Farrar, Follett & Co. Metals, Boston." and...

GLC01898.11
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

December 13, 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Mentions being in General Fitz-John Porter's division. Read a piece in the Boston Herald about Porter's Battery being in a skirmish and Sargeant Barnes shooting a rebel but says it was all a lie. Describes meeting Abraham Lincoln at Captain Griffin...

GLC01898.08
GLC01898.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

15 June 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Mentions he might be going down to Fort Monroe. "...the boys are in high spirtis at the Idea of going into active service and having an opportunity of making a mark for the sake of old Massachusetts." Speaks of his loyalty to the Boston Light...

GLC01898.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

27 October 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Mentions being reviewed by General George McClellan and calls him "a fine looking man." The whole division was under the command of General Fitz-John Porter. States McClellan would have had the enemy trapped at Munson's Hill but for a traitor in...

GLC01898.05
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

December 26, 1861

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Writes about what the regiments did to celebrate Christmas, including a burlesque parade and a band. Describes building winter quarters and a guard house. Written from Camp Follett. Stationary embossed "Congress A.P. Co."

GLC01898.12
Collection Item
Header Record

Collection of Caleb C.E. Mortimer, 3rd regiment, Massachusetts, artillery [Decimalized .01-.23]

1861-1862

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862

Mortimer was Lieutenant in the 3rd Massachusetts Artillery, covering action in the Peninsula campaign, skirmishing, casualties, picket duty at Yorktown, Hanover and New Bridge. One letter from 1861 describes capture of the "Steam gun." Most letters...

GLC01898

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