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to Father

One of their monitors sank and the cause is unknown. There is not much firing going on at present.

GLC07705.189

to Father

He tells the story about the deserter who left after a few weeks to join the Rebels but ended up on Black Island (in possession of the Union troops) and lied by saying he had deserted the Rebels. He was executed.

GLC07705.190

to Father

He mentions a possible visit to [Hernandria?] and mentions John Davis and the Watsons.

GLC07705.191

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe explains he has been training. He also says Sylvia is "the core of his being, his reason for living and the only thing that matters a damn to me."

GLC09414.0688

to Father

He requests another diary,a pocket book and postage stamps.

GLC07705.192

to Richard H. Jackson

He describes the funeral of the late Lt. Col. De Montiel.

GLC07705.207

to Mary

He is glad to hear that Emma is doing well. He writes that he is doing well also. Once he arrived in Washington, D.C. he is unsure of what the army's next move will be. On the march from Charlestown, Maryland to Berryville, Virginia there was a great...

GLC03523.42.09

Carte de visite of Heber Painter

A bust image of a young Heber Painter. The size given includes the frame in which the carte de visite is kept .

GLC02016.182

to his sister

Writes that he has been on furlough for two months. The 4th and 5th Tennessee regiments have been consolidated and he is hopeful that he will be decommissioned as a result. He's sorry to learn that Mrs. Champlin and her daughters, are abolitionists...

GLC02232.10

to his sister

Written from camp near Dalton, Georgia. Writes that he has been in poor spirits lately, especially since he was unable to see "P & M" ("M" refers to his brother Marshall). Desperately wants his sisters to visit him in Marietta, as he can get a few...

GLC02232.27