March 26, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 26, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Mentions that hospitals are currently full and that their tent is built upon the ruins of a town.

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1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virignia in the military. Mentions the living quarters of enslaved people.

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March 28, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 28, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions his indifference to violence and danger at times.

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March 29, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 29, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military and finances.

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March 30, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 30, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions their recent marching orders and how is sleep has been poor.

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March 31, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 31, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions that he has been sleeping better.

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April 1, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 1, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions seeing a train car full of Confederate prisoners.

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April 5, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 5, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions that he was assigned to patrol as a city guard.

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April 6, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 6, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions that he is currently waiting at a railroad crossing. Describes the living quarters of enslaved people as "miserable." Also provides updates of nearby news of the towns they pass through.

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April 7, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 7, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions the weather and the determination to "capture" Robert E. Lee's forces.

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April 8, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 8, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions "long trains of army wagons," which contain prisoners of wars, enslaved people held as contraband. Also notes that he has seen many African Americans travelling to Petersburg seeking emancipation.

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April 17, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 17, 1865. Pertains to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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April 18, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 18, 1865. Pertains to travelling through battlegrounds that are strewn with corpses.

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April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.

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April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to his reflections on abolition and emancipation.

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April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to his general mood and receiving letters from her.

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April 21, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 21, 1865. Pertains to sleeping on the streets of Petersburg since he got lost on his visit there.

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April 22, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 22, 1865. Pertains to the possibility of returning home. Written from a U.S. Steamer on Chesapeake Bay.

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April 23, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 23, 1865. Pertains to the disappointment of soldiers who were not sent home right away and their living quarters while in Alexandria.

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April 24, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Explains the reason for delay in letters from him. States that there are numerous regiments that are in encampment together.

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April 24, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Fort Lyon, April 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military.

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April 25, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Fort Lyon, April 25, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military.

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April 27, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 27, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military.

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April 28, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 28, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military.

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April 30, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 30, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military.

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