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to mother

He asks what gifts his mother purchased for the family with the money he sent. The sawmill is running very well. He is, once again, Quartermaster of Vodges division. He needs a new nightshirt.

GLC04662.054

to Lydia A. Bishoff

He had a difficult time at St. George and "traveled like the Devil" until arriving at Rowlsburg. He wants Bishoff to tell Dan to come down and visit if he comes home, and he asks how everyone is getting along at the mill. Swisher mentions some...

GLC03523.40.28

to Mary L. Kessler

A. P. Kessler, the father of Thomas J. Kessler, writes to his wife. Informs her to visit all of their friends and to let him know a few days in advance when she is ready to come home. Comments that they will kill and roast a turkey for her return....

GLC03523.52.25

Ruins of Mississippi Valley Mill.

A print of a photograph taken of ruins during the Civil War. Civilian sitting in foreground, another standing with white frock coat in middleground, and a third on the other side of the tree from the second. The size of the final figure in contrast...

GLC05111.01.0027

View of Canal near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, VA., April 1864.

Taken from Gardner's "Photographic Sketchbook, Vol II. No. 92" with text accompanying panel. Also includes text description page. The ruins of the once-great, eight acre Haxalll's Flour Mill stand at right. The hydropowered mill burned in the large...

GLC05111.01.0107