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to Mary "Mollie" McLean
14 July 1862
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
If anything bad happens, he has arranged it so that she will hear it in a telegram first and not in the paper. He got paid and is sending money home.
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30 July 1862
He admonishes her for worrying too much about everything. He says she is too imaginative and envisions the worst about everything.
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to [Norman R. Dewey]
3 August 1862
Lt. Hunt says the paymaster is coming soon. His father says he shouldn't live without too many comforts. He says he doesn't need many.
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5 August 1862
He is not that discouraged by the fact that they did not advance and take Richmond. He is just happy to see the James River and be alive. He has confidence.
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8 August 1862
There is a rumour going around that Will was released but it is not believed because he would have stopped by. The men signed a petition to keep him in their regiment.
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to his sister
10 August 1862
He is afraid he raised her hopes by talking of Will's probable release. Meanwhile, Capt. Albergen is trying to see if he can get him a furlough. He encloses a sketch of his quarters, not included here.
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to his mother
14 August 1862
The paymaster still hasn't been around, but his health is good, though he has been fatter in the past. Written at Fort Pocahontas
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to his father
6 September 1862
He is upset because he received a package from Adams Express in which everything was rotten. But he was able to salvage a few things.
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to mother
1 October 1862
Charley will be a lieutenant in a battery. He read in the paper that the government will allow three years men to fill up the 21st. But if he thinks they would stay any longer than that he is stupid. Even Gen. McClellan thinks they were held...
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23 November 1862
Dewey, Mollie, fl. 1862
Mollie writes that Tom resigned and is coming home, though he wanted to keep it a surprise. She also writes that when Will comes, he will bring Fanny with him.
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January 18, 1863
He will be unable to visit this week. His new appointment will make him very busy.
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31 July 1863
He mentions Charley. He is glad they received the money for the horse. He asks Will Whedon to write his brother Al.
GLC02161.089
13 September 1863
He returned to camp and couldn't find his battery. So he wandered around the city until 1 am when he finally found them on Ridge Road. He mentions Mooney and Al Wheeler.
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1 May 1864
He is in desperate need of money. He only has $15.35. He has no money to give them and asks if she knows anyone who will loan them $100 or $150.
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to Norman R. Dewey
14 May 1864
A dispatch from Grant came saying he had taken Johnson's whole division. One of the batteries from Camp Barry was lost but then retaken by the 13th division. He is afraid Charley will have a hand in the fighting.
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to father
28 May 1864
Yesterday the whole command except for one division was ordered to embark to reinforce Grant. Gen. Lee assumes he will save Richmond. No one really likes Butler, the commanding officer.
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3 June 1864
The infantry has been behaving badly. At a seven infantry engagement with the "Johns", the men got inside the mark as soon as possible. In other words, they ran at the first fire.
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11 June 1864
He has enclosed the key to his trunk. He gives instructions on what to do with the items inside.
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4 July 1864
He feels sorry for Burns. All the old officers are gone from the old 5th. The new ones are strangers. The captain of his old company has been dismissed.
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31 August 1864
He is kind of sick. He sent a photograph of Gen. Binney.
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26 September 1864
He received the badge and put it on top of the cap he wears.They get paid this week. He saw Tom McCabe but couldn't get to Charley.
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14 March 1865
He wishes he could stop working and be idle. He longs to just sit and think of nothing.
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to Harriet W. Dewey
December 21, 1865
They will be going South via Richmond. He tells his mother she works too hard and to take it easy.
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[Certificate of ownership of cemetery plot]
15 October 1867
Steele, O.G., fl. 1867
This is to certify that Dewey owns a cemetary plot.
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to Nathan Curtice
24 October 1873
Sauboru & Clark, fl. 1873
His demand against the recipient was left by Joseph Moulton for collection
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