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to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains that his wife does not write to him enough. Notes that the doctor gave his company a dose of medicine after they stood picket in the rain. Discusses the Christmas holiday in camp: a dress parade took...

GLC02155.025

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Date inferred from content; this letter is labeled 14 January 1861. Discusses the possibility that men from his regiment might be sent out to recruit. Writes, "...i do get so downhearted and wretched some times...

GLC02155.026

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Discusses the difficulty of obtaining wood and the possibility of acquiring a small sheet iron stove. Complains that soldiers from New York receive more press than the Pennsylvania troops: "...i see your Sunday...

GLC02155.027

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains about the Porter Guards from New York, who are stationed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, noting that they boast of "Being nearly all Rich and leaving home through Principal," although "the Pennsylvanians...

GLC02155.028

to Lile Miller

Written from camp near White Oak Church. Writes, "...when the Inquirer came yesterday it put a damper on the Boys to see that the Secretary of War had refused to let the Reserves go Back to the State... i never felt like deserting Before But if ever...

GLC02155.029

to Lile Miller

Written from Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains that one of his fellow soldiers is spreading falsehoods, through letters, about others in the company.

GLC02155.030

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Discusses camp life. Writes, "Oh i hope and pray to god it may not Be much longer till i can press you to my heart... and yet dear Lile to Protect this happy Land of ours i would fight those over Bearing Rebels...

GLC02155.032

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains about the rain and that Lile, his wife, does not write to him enough. Writes, "...the government has opened a Recruiting office at McCalls head quarters for the Regular Army any volunteer enlisting...

GLC02155.033

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Writes, "...the Boys are Jubilant of our late victories at Roanoke island and in the [tennessee] River, But i suppose ere you Receive this you will have heard of the taking of Roanoke island By our forces they...

GLC02155.034

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Writes, "...Please do not let one secession thought enter your heart for not for the world would i have you entertain one Secession principle... think of the stain that Rests on the second and third generation of...

GLC02155.035

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains that married women in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (where he was from) throw parties for and "walk the streets" with the Porter Guards.

GLC02155.036

to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Writes that the whole division is preparing to move, and "where we are to go, we do not know, or any person else i suppose excep [sic] Genl McClellan..." Post script is written in pencil.

GLC02155.037

to Lile Miller

Reports that they are one mile from Centreville. Writes, "...i do not think they intend to attact [sic] Bull Run and i think they have evacuated Centreville..."

GLC02155.038

to Lile Miller

Writes from camp near Alexandria. Ink is faded. Page five is written on a half sheet.

GLC02155.039

to Lile Miller

Writes from camp near Alexandria. Ink is faded.

GLC02155.040

to Lile Miller

Writes from camp near Alexandria. Ink is faded. "...you asked in your letter whether we had lost confidence in Genl McClellan No Dear Lile if there is a man in the world this army loves it is him, the Reason they are down on him, they think he ought...

GLC02155.041

to Lile Miller

Writes from Manassas Junction to his wife. Relates that Brigadier General Reynolds keeps quarters in their camp. Writes, "...i suppose you have heard of the Glorious Victory in the west, a few more of the kind i think will end the Rebellion..."

GLC02155.042

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother. Mentions General Ambrose Burnside, "Burnsides under took to cross the river gain and he had to give it up for the night before he intended to cross it commced[sic] to rain...the roads was so mudy that was all most imposabel for...

GLC02159.05

to his friend Bennett

Mentions General Joseph Hooker, "...we are awating for the mud to dry up and then I suspose fighting Joe Hooker will be on the move..." States, "I think it is about time for this war to play out for I think it is nothing more or less than a...

GLC02159.06

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother "we are in the tufest old hole that i ever was in the lise are as thick as fles in fly time." Written from Fort McHenry.

GLC02159.07

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother. Mentions "bushwhackers." Written in pencil.

GLC02159.08

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother. "...i thought that I had seen hard times but I never did until i was taken prisoner...we fought them 3 days with 6,000 men and they had 45,000 with 84 pices of artirly we kiled 900 of them but they out winded us." Talks of the...

GLC02159.09

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother about feeling sick but does not believe it is enough to get him discharged. Asks about his brother Francis. Discusses his view of the war. "I hope this war will soon be over and I think it would if the North made as great an...

GLC02159.10

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother that his living situation is good at present as they are quartered in a tavern. Asks "...have you any coperheads there if you have you can consider them worse than the rebels for they are seting fear in the Soldiers rear."

GLC02159.12

to Ruth J. Sheldon

Writes that the weather is pleasant but that they cannot enjoy it because the rebels are moving about.

GLC02159.13

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother about his hard journey and states he saw Frank [his brother Francis] for a few hours. He is very homesick.

GLC02159.14

to Mary Blackman

Written from Knight Hospital. Informs Mary that her son Francis is getting better.

GLC02159.15

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother that he spent Thanksgiving in Gettersburg [Gettysburg?]. They are now four miles from Harper's Ferry.

GLC02159.17

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother that he has no interesting news at present but that he is "... rejoiced to hear of the Union Victorys in other places surely the day Star of peace will soon apear to gladen the hearts..."

GLC02159.18

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother about the war being just about over. "...the Jonnes [Johnnies] keep coming in hear every day ...pitch on them and kill some and drive them of if it wasnt for the soldiers bing hear the Jonnes would not stand much chance..."...

GLC02159.19

to his sister

Writes, "The whites have allmost all left and the nigers have full swing at every thing they never dreamt of living in such stile before. The inhabitants left every thing but themselves when Burnside came and beat a hasty retreat."

GLC02160.01

to his parents and sisters

Describes his regiment's participation in the Battle of Roanoke Island. Written in pencil on patriotic stationery.

GLC02160.02

to his sister

GLC02160.03

to his sister Sallie

GLC02160.04

to his sister

Written on patriotic stationery.

GLC02160.05

to his sister

Discusses skirmishes with the rebels in North Carolina.

GLC02160.06

to George E. Armstrong

Written from Camp Palmer, Washington, D.C. Writes to answer Armstrong's questions about enlistment and life as a soldier.

GLC02157.03

[Autograph of Benjamin F. Butler]

GLC00919.25.11

[Autograph of William Van Pelt]

GLC00919.25.12

to his wife

GLC01013.03

to his wife

GLC01013.04

to his wife

Patriotic letterhead.

GLC01013.05

to Aaron Hobart

Noted as written from the Treasury Department, "5m. Aud: Office".

GLC06313.04.323

to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.324

to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.325

to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.326

to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.327

to his mother

Written from "Camp Washington, [S.I.]," likely in Staten Island, New York.

GLC02157.05

to his mother

Written from "Carron Crow Bayou," Louisiana.

GLC02157.04

to his mother

Written from "Camp Parapet," located in Shrewsbury, Louisiana, near New Orleans. On patriotic stationery.

GLC02157.06