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to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes the trip down to Texas, in particular a stop-over in St. Louis.

GLC09120.140

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes to Estelle a day spent in El Paso, during which he attended a bull fight.

GLC09120.141

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes a desert sand storm to Estelle. Sidney speaks of how "trying" it is to have to constantly ensure that other men are doing their work. He then continues to describe his trip down to Texas.

GLC09120.142

to Estelle Spero

Diamond speaks of his belief in maintaining "the status-quo of the Americans." He also describes life as an officer - sentry visits etc

GLC09120.143

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes having been "officer of the day" the day before - a job that entails supervision of the guard and battalion in general.

GLC09120.144

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes his task for the whole week, and possibly the one after, as merely examining men trying for qualification in chemical warfare weapons, specifically in charge of testing men's ability to set up the Linen's Projector battery. He also...

GLC09120.145

[Return of Captain Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

GLC02750.420

[Inventory and inspection report for Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Written at Poplar Grove Church

GLC02750.421

[Inventory and inspection report for Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Written at Poplar Grove Church

GLC02750.422

[Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Docketed 6 December 1864 by Captain Jenks

GLC02750.423

[Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Signed by Phelps as Lieutenant.

GLC02750.424

[Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.425

[Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.426

[Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name

GLC02750.427

[List of camp and garrison equipage abandoned at Fort Sedgwick.]

Signed by Daniels as Colonel and Morse as Quartermaster.
Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.428

[Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers.]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name.

GLC02750.429

[List of camp and garrison equipage abandoned near Alexandria, Virginia.]

Signed by Daniels as Colonel and Morse as Quartermaster.

GLC02750.430

[Instructions for lists of rolls, returns and reports required from company commanders]

GLC02750.431

[Morning reports, manuscript booklet for Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Contains the records and signatures of Captains Thomas Carr, Ethan A. Jenks, and Edwin L. Hunt. Signed by Private Charles P. Gibney and Niles Kilroy on the inside cover page.

GLC02750.476

[Morning reports, manuscript booklet for Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Contains the signature of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, as well as other members of Company "I."

GLC02750.477

to Estelle Spero

Diamond explains to Estelle that although El Paso is theoretically a "dry" town in that it is forbidden to serve mixed drinks there, it is full of liquor stores. So, soldiers in need of a drink merely buy the liquor, and then order the mixers...

GLC09120.146

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes attending a bull fight in El Paso.

GLC09120.147

to Estelle Spero

Letter in which Diamond portrays himself as a "Don Quixote".

GLC09120.149

to Estelle Spero

Short note in which Diamond informs Estelle that he is still confused.

GLC09120.150

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes carrying out a "shake-down" inspection - a process that results from a man claiming that some of his personal belongings have been stolen. Sidney responds to Estelle's claim that her uncle had encountered anti-Semitism in the army...

GLC09120.151