13 April 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

describes what picket duty is. writes it involves scouting around the country. they they their food with them, nothing but corned beef and hard bread. they also do provost-duty, and stay with farmers and watch their movements.

GLC09354.08

20 July 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

marched 20 miles without food or water when the Rebels attacked them. there were heavy losses on both sides. writes that Sunday is like any other day in the army and there is no time off to attend church.

GLC09354.09

27 April 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

thinks the coasting affair was quite funny. still very homesick but makes it clear he doesn't want to get out of the army but he does think of home at time. currently experiencing a drenching rain.Written at Camp Hamilton

GLC09354.10

21 December 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

has received a full discharge from the army. hopes his arm will be entirely well by the Spring.

GLC09354.13

February 5, 1863

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

writes at great length about slavery and abolition. thinks the institution of slavery is repugnant, but at the same time, thinks it helped to introduce blacks to civilization and that they are better off now than they were before.

GLC09358.1

18 September 1863

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

one side of Fort Sumter is battered and they have the whole of Morris Island. 12 of their crew are prisoners. predicts it will take one or two more years for the war to end.

GLC09358.2

1861-1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Oval albumen of Captain Frank A. Cole]

Full-length portrait of Frank A. Cole, Captain of the Wisconsin 37th Regiment.

GLC08291.31

6 March 1864

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles W. Burpee

He writes that his horse's foot is doing better. Jeffrey would like to see him and his brother. glad they are all safe and warm.

GLC02744.307

6 March 1864

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucien Burpee

He describes the scenery and daily life. He asks him about school and tells him to always help his mother and to become a good Christian man.

GLC02744.308

24 May 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He discusses Hooker's defeat and why it occurred. He talks of changing attitudes toward the war.

GLC02744.058

1861-1877

Printed document

Title: Paymaster's certificate

To William Fitch: certifies that 10 dollars will be given to soldiers to organize the volunteer militia.

GLC02744.257

circa 1861-1864

Autograph manuscript

Title: partial letter or diary entry

Describes a kind of tension that has come between two friends on account of a marriage.

GLC02744.258

circa 1861-1864

Autograph manuscript

Title: partial letter or diary entry

He talks of a Jack that will distinguish himself through a Brooklyn company.

GLC02744.259

circa 1861-1864

Autograph manuscript

Title: partial letter or diary entry

He talks about the kind of drills they are doing.

GLC02744.260

1861-1877

Object

Title: 1 ribbon

Blue and black.

GLC02744.261

1861-1877

Print

Title: 1 print

Features two shaking hands beneath the constitution. Includes qoute by Andrew Jackson

GLC02744.262

circa 1861-1864

Print

Title: 1 print

Features lady liberty balancing the scales of justice above Ft. Sumter

GLC02744.263

circa 1861-1864

Print

Title: 1 print

General Sigel

GLC02744.264

circa 1861-1864

Object

Title: 1 piece of cloth

Capt A. Comstock witten in black

GLC02744.265

circa 1861-1864

Envelope

Title: Superior Court envelope

for Col. Thomas Burpee, April and May 1861

GLC02744.266

16 December 1849

Harwood, Adeline fl. 1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Brother and Sister

He writes that they are all well. He writes of a wedding she attended with Edwin in Springfield. Closes with a poem.

GLC02744.267

11 March 1850

Harwood, Adeline fl. 1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Friends

very faded. Ends with a poem and 2 circles that look as if they were made of hair.

GLC02744.268

January 16, 1858

Terry, Henry, fl. 1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Manufacturers

Letter of recommendation for Thomas F. Burpee. Describes him a competent workman.

GLC02744.269

January 3, 1854

Aldrich, A.S., fl. 1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Letter of recommendation for Thomas F. Burpee. Describes him as an honest, upright and trustworthy man.

GLC02744.270

07 September 1857

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Adaline Burpee

He has spent a very lonely week without her. He wishes he had known her sooner. knows that she has left friends for him. sees the past as a series of mistakes and accidents up until he met her. sometimes feels as though he does not cherish her enough.

GLC02744.271