17 February 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

remains skeptical of Batchelder's remarks. believe Gen. Reynolds was at Gettysburg before 10 am and after as the maps shows. does not believe the 11th Corps reached the town as early as he said they did.

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26 February 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

still finds Batchelder's story to be inaccurate. writes that the Potomac army has a very poor opimiom of Theodore Lyman. thinks Genie Howard uses the excuse of being wounded to lie.

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15 April 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

writes about his own military career as a private. writes he was always glad when a battle was orderly and simply tried to fulfill his duties. thinks it an outrage that Batchelder is going to publish a history.

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23 April 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

still challenging Batchelder's account. notes his serious blunders as to dates and time. criticizes his engraving.

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5 May 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

accuses Batchelder of complete fabrications. Batchelder claims that a Confederate brigade was captured by Buford's cavalry but Beale doesn't think this ever happened.

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14 May 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

does not think Gen. Meade planned Gettysburg. Quotes a long paragraph from Buford's letter to refute Batchelder's statements.

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26 June 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

learned that Lee was nervous bout the closeness of Reynolds and Buford. the plan was to coax Buford toward Emmettsburg so that Ewell would have time to get to Gettysburg, however, Buford made a rapid advance that afternoon.

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4 July 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

has received subsequent letters that made him realize that he was missing a few things in his story, like the importance of the Harper's Ferry Raid, for instance. thanks him for his criticism.

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29 July 1878

Beale, James, fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. Geo. Hooker

read an article in which an ex-Confederate claimed a certain battle never happen. all these indiscrepancies will give rise to the claim that the war never happened.

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1 January 1865

Whitley, Albert, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

very faded. "We entered this City Dec. 21st the rebels having evacuated it the night before, they left all of their siege guns...[and] crossed over into South Carolina. Our men have taken out the Torpedoes in the River & now our steamers & transports can run in.... General Sherman has reviewed his entire army in Savannah, it was a grand & imposing scene & one long to be remembered by all present. Among this army of 90,000 men there is not one man [sic] that does not like General Sherman & think him one of the best Generals in our army. There are 20,000 citizens in this…

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12 March 1865

Whitley, Albert, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

confident that the Union is gaining in numbers and will soon be too much for General Lee.

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7 April 1865

Whitley, Albert, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

writes he is enjoying good health and having an easy time but Sgt. Sayso was recently taken prisoner leaving him as the only Sgt. left in the company.

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29 April 1865

Whitley, Albert, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister and Brother

tomorrow they will start marching home.

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1 December 1865

Whitley, Albert, fl. 1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: diary entries December 1st-10th, year unknown

discusses where he marched and camped each day and the weather.

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8 October 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

writes that he is in good health and is sending 20 dollars home. believes they will soon be victorious

GLC09315.01

13 October 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

very faded. would like to come home once more before he goes to Dixie. promises to do his duty as a soldier.

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4 December 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

front page torn. writes that he is sending Mary a locket and will be sending the boys something as well. tells the story of an orderly who shot a captain in another company.

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5 December 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

is afraid his wife will have changed so much by the time he arrives home that he will not know her. asks her to send him a good pair of boots, also requests sponge cake and tobacco.

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14 December 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

has come down with a cold. says he is in a dangerous place. says the only women he sees are "nigger wenches, and I hate them, every once and a while I see a white woman..." would like to be with her and the children.

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2 December 1862

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

writes they have to survive on half rations.

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1863

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

writes that the regiment will be reorganized ina week. the new recruits will have to stay for the full term of enlistment. but they are confident the war will end before the term is up.

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1863

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

sorry to hear that Mary (his daughter) was sick but hopes she is better now. refers to old friends and asks his wife to tell them he remembers them well and ask how they are getting along.

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February 1863

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

writing from the hospital where he is helping out. many are afflicted with the measles. prefers working in the hospital to picket duty.

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11 February 1863

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

in very good spirits because he is eating very good food lately. hopes his wife is getting fat. doesn't know when he'll get paid, but when he does, he'll send some money home.

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1863

Boston, John W., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife and children

writes that while he has some health complaints like his side and his throat, he doesn't let it get him down because he has a duty to fulfill. talks about witnessing the death of a fellow soldier who got sick.

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