24 May 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

Watson describes Richard's father's wedding. He notes that he saw Martha who told him Mr. Snow saw his father and told him about his regiment.

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7 June 1862

Fred, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

His friend tells him the story of how he got back to New York starting with when he left Roanoke Island.

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16 June 1862

Ingersoll, N.H., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

The letter requests several items such as pants, bully cap, blanket, dishes, revolver, etc.

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22 June 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He praises him on his mature attitude toward his father's marriage. Then goes on about how interesting the news about the war is, expecially Burnside and McClellan.

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12 July 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes that the wounded and disabled are now coming in the thousands, mainly from McClellan. His father and wife are healthy but his father worries about him.

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27 July 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes that he hopes his current movements onboard a steamer toward Newport News turn out to be just as successful as his previous movements and talks about God having a hand in their success.

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17 August 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He apologizes for his lateness in answering. Then he warns him not to let Stonewall Jackson take any of his men prisoners. General Corcoran will be released soon.

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25 September 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He has been reading the papers and feels they give an accurate account. He hopes Richard comes home safe and mentions other soldiers like Fred, Phil and Davis.

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25 September 1862

Davis, John, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

This is a letter from the father of a friend of his who is also fighting in the war. He is glad that so far Richard and John have been spared.

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13 October 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes that he is going to a masquerade party soon and last Monday he went to a surprise party.

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20 October 1862

Maxwell, A.S., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He requests his knapsack.

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20 October 1862

Maxwell, A.S., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes that that he is very well and describes various tomfoolery such as dressing up in women's clothes and running out in the street where he talked to another girl and told her to call him Alice,

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2 November 1862

Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

Watson writes that the state election is coming off tomorrow and he expects it to be a close one. He tells Richard to read the 90th psalm.

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2 November 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

Martha congratulates him on his promotion to 3rd Lieutenant. He also writes that another young lady said she was proud of him but he can't remember her name.

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10 November 1862

Armstrong, Jas, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He is glad Richard is in command because there are so many drunken officers milling about. "Little Mac" was removed and he is glad because he thinks Mac is a bully. Also, he does not think the war will end under the present administration.

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11 November 1862

Maxwell, Alexander S., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

They had a ball recently and he met a young lady there called Miss Chambers. There was also a party at Miss Hilton's.

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15 November 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

She has sent him a picture of herself.

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2 December 1862

Maxwell, Alexander S., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

Maxwell mainly talks about the young ladies that are now in his acquaintance.

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7 December 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

She does not like the fact that he called her "handsome" in his last letter.

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18 December 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

She writes that she is learning to skate. She tells Richard also of an incident in which she and other visited a soldiers' camp. One of the soldiers was drunk and insulted her.

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20 December 1862

Maxwell, Alexander S., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

Maxwell informs him that the ladies of Frederick think of him as a nice, handsome young fellow and they all wish he was back to spend Christmas and New Year's with them.

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26 December 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

She is glad he was not injured by the recent bombardment. She describes her Christmas which they spent with Richard's parents.

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27 December 1862

Cafferty, R.P., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He describes his Christmas and mentions that he got a letter from James Armstrong.

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27 December 1862

Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

She hopes he comes out of every battle safe. Currently, she belongs to a linting party that meets three times a week to scrape lint for the wounded soldiers.

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29 December 1862

Austin, J.J., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He mentions a letter from Charlie that describes a battle in Fredericksburg. He insists that Richard would like country life if he had not only experienced the hardships.

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