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to his father
10 October 1862
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
He tells his sister not to worry because his health is first-rate and he always tells her the truth. He discusses his pick for gubernatorial honors.
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to father
2 November 1862
He thinks they will go to Virginia tomorrow where everything is destroyed. They may have big fight soon. McClellan tries to avoid fights, apparently. He afraid of harming his reputation, should they lose.
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to Mary "Mollie" McLean
4 May 1863
He says to tell mother he liked the shirts she sent. He notes that she has moved. He wants a description of the new place and hopes they can be together again.
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to sister
13 August 1863
They went out among the mines yesterday and enrolled 500 people. Though they had to arrest 7 or 8 for attacking a quartermaster. They will probably have to stay until those men are drafted.
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6 September 1863
Aunt Kitty is having her teeth extracted. He would rather take a bullet that have someone take his teeth. The ladies of Pottsville provided a slendid dinner for their battery.
GLC02161.093
8 May 1864
They shipped from Gloucester Point and are now in Bermuda Hundreds. There were heavy skirmishes but they are all in good sprits and feel they will have Richmond soon.
GLC02161.125
21 August 1864
He tells her to have a badge made for him. He gives explicit instructions. Written at Fort Pocahontas
GLC02161.138
to Esther Ann Kinney
[29] April 1862
Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864
re: He describes marching through the mud during the Peninsula and Valley campaign in Virginia [Spring 1862]. He describes his location near the revolutionary site of Yorktown on the James River and reports that the "Rebbles are leaving and going...
GLC02162.01
1 May 1864
re: Dodge predicts the movement of the troops of Generals Hooker and Burnside and believes they will eventually meet near Chancellorsville. He also reminisces about the battle of Fredericksburg [December 13, 1862] and believes that their newest...
GLC02162.07
3 September 1863
Blanchard, John, fl. 1862-1864
re: Blanchard writes to Kinney, boasting about his punctuality in answering his letters. He also adds that the Regiment got a band and they played for the troops all night. Finally, Blanchard praises his camp, saying "every thing [is] pleasent and...
GLC02162.10
to Eunice Lombard Edwards
14 August 1862
Edwards, Oliver, 1835-1904
Major Edwards, commanding the 37th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, informs his mother that he has assumed the command of Camp Briggs, in Pittsfield. Remarks, "I have a splendid set of men- better never were seen- but all green... The most...
GLC02163.02
10 December 1862
Edwards writes to his mother from headquarters, 37th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. His regiment will soon attempt to cross the Rappahannock River with ammunition and three days supplies. Notes that it was snowing when his regiment arrived...
GLC02163.03
13 March 1863
Replies to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Relates, "If the young man you wrote of is in Hospital the surg must send for his descriptive lists, if not the surg Gen (Dale) of Boston as we have positive orders...
GLC02163.11
to Mary Ann Davis
January 28, 1862
Holly, William H., ?-1864
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Confesses that the people enjoying the winter, sleighing etc., makes him miss home and that he hopes he never sees fighting like that which has been going on in Kentucky. Also says the stormy winter inhibits drilling...
GLC02165.02
December 21, 1862
Written at Camp Stevens to a friend. Talks of the good weather, and the effect that the rainy weather has on his moods. Laments his lack of exercise. Tells of drawing clothes, and his regiment's getting last picks. Discusses plans to break up his...
GLC02165.14
to his sister
circa 1861
Ford, Nicholas, fl. 1861
Written from Camp Graham, in Washington, D.C. No date listed, but previous research estimated it was written about 1861.
GLC02157.01
Certfies George Armstrong's enlistment
30 October 1863
Agnus, J., fl. 1861-1865
GLC02157.33
Schedule for 2nd Battalion Duryees Zoaves
1865
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to Lile Miller
21 September 1863
Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
Miller describes the Virginia landscape, noting that Culpeper is "like all the towns nearby that I have saw in Virginia old fashioned looking and dilapidated nothing neat or tidy about it I wish you were here Dear Lile to go with me to see some of...
GLC02155.107
3 October 1863
Reports that some men from the 9th regiment were involved in a skirmish while on picket. Notes that Newton Derboren, a friend of his, hopes to transfer to the Signal Corps. Predicts that too many Union corps have been sent away from the area for them...
GLC02155.110
10 October 1863
Written from camp at Fairfax Court House. Describes his involvement in the Battle of Bristoe (modern day Bristow) Station. Outlines his company's march to the Rapidan River, noting they fell back to Rappahannock Station and were followed by the enemy...
GLC02155.111
December 8, 1863
Written from camp near Manassas Junction. Discusses recent troop movements and the establishment of winter quarters at his present locations. Comments that Confederates had a strong position at Orange Court House. Notes that he is near [Robison's]...
GLC02155.120
December 22, 1863
In this letter, Michael M. Miller writes home to his wife. He wishes she is well and says he is feeling better since the last time he wrote. He mentions that he feels like he has nothing to do but sit around. He also writes that the army is trying to...
GLC02155.125
9 March 1864
Written in camp at Bristoe Station.
GLC02155.140
18 March 1864
Michael Miller tells his wife that he has been feeling very blue lately, and that the days closer to his discharge feel extremely long. He says he would not reenlist in the army and expresses frustration that enlisted men, like himself, get paid less...
GLC02155.141
20 March 1864
Michael Miller thanks his wife for her most recent letter and discusses how important the letters are for both of them. Her health is improving, which makes him happy. He'd like to see her, but says she could have become ugly in his absence and he...
GLC02155.142
26 April 1864
Miller expresses relief that the war department has not yet stopped army mail. He says he's afraid this will be his last letter from Camp Bristoe Station, but he isn't certain if he will be going to the front. He discusses their love for each other...
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to Michael Miller
January 24, 1862
Miller, Lile, fl. 1861-1864
GLC02155.152
30 July 1862
GLC02155.157
December 25, 1862
GLC02155.163
January 17, 1863
GLC02155.165
January 1864
GLC02155.167
January 20, 1864
GLC02155.169
25 March 1864
GLC02155.181
1864
GLC02155.185
22 September 1864
Bighton, Charley S., fl. 1861-1864
GLC02155.196
1861
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to his cousin Lill
February 20, 1863
Amsden, Edward W., fl. 1862-1865
Written on stationary labeled "Head-Quarters Fourteenth Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland, Office Chief of Police."
GLC02156.09
22 March 1863
GLC02156.11
27 September 1863
GLC02156.15
to mother
19 May 1863
Armstrong, George E., fl. 1861-1865
GLC02157.18
to Charley
15 September 1863
Written in the neighborhood of Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana.
GLC02157.28
25 September 1863
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December 13, 1863
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Special Order 3
January 30, 1864
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903
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4 April 1864
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to Friend Charlie
23 June 1865
Watson, G.R., fl. 1865
GLC02157.58
to Charlie
undated
GLC02157.63
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