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1 February 1863
Amsden, Edward W., fl. 1862-1865
to his cousin Lill
Written on stationary labeled "Head-Quarters Fourteenth Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland, Office Chief of Police."
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20 February 1863
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1 March 1863
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13 October 1862
Bartlett, George O., fl. 1862-1865
to Ira Andrews
He discusses his health, how well he is taking to life as soldier, how much work he is getting as a tailor. Mr. Andrews is instructed on what to do with Bartlett's bounty money.
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30 November 1862
He explains his financial situation, making particular references to his happiness at being out of debt. He also mentions the value of the State commissioner system which helps him deposit his money.
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18 December 1862
This letter describes the battle of Fredericksburg and the horror Bartlett witnessed. His "toung cannot express to you" what occurred. Also makes mention of how the soldiers behaved during the entry into the abandoned city, noting that Andrews may...
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29 December 1862
He recounts his unit's foray into Fredericksburg and their commendation from Governor William Sprague. He reports that he has picked up some historical artifacts, including Virginian notable John Randolph's purse, and is sending them home.
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4 January 1863
He explains his negative reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation saying that he did not "want to se enney more fighting dun for the nigger." Commenting on his views on the motives of Northerners he writes that the notion that the war is for Union...
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8 January 1863
Bartlett discusses a relic that he is sending and the fight he had to get it.
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21 January 1863
He describes the Mud March. Discusses morale and physical health of men he knew from Rhode Island.
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4 February 1863
He explains his sentiments and the general feeling he gets from the camp about General Joseph Hooker's appointment. He also discusses the feasibility of taking a furlough at this time and the accusation of cheating directed towards Chaplin Perry....
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23 February 1863
He discusses how the men are coping with the cold weather and the delay of pay.
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9 March 1863
He opens with his health, and then moves on to briefly mention the actions of Congress, and lastly advise Mr. Andrews on whom to pick to be Andrew's son Elbridge's draft substitute. Written on patriotic stationery.
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26 March 1863
He discusses his health, the possibility of his own death, and his fears about the future as it relates to his finances.
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27 May 1862
Davis, Reuben, fl. 1862
to Sarah Ogden
Arrived home on Saturday the 17th, says his family was surprised by and thankful for the kindness and care given by the women of the Broad and Cherry Hospital. Reports on his family's health, and tells Ogden he will not give her any instructions...
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9 June 1862
to Edward H. Ogden
Writes to Edward Ogden, Sarah Ogden's husband. Asks Mr. Ogden to mail him a check payable to his name. Adds that his health has improved since he returned home. Envelope includes "T. Morris Perot & CO..." letterhead which includes a mortar &...
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11 August 1861
Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
to Lile Miller
Miller writes to his wife: "Capt. McPherson has treated his men worse than a niger would have done we have seen him but once since we left camp Wayne... there is a [power] of soldiers going through here to Washington the last few days... i think...
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21 August 1861
to Lile Miller [incomplete]
Complains about his brother-in-law (Lile's brother). Writes, "...if we leave here for washington i do not think we will Return without fighting they are gathering an immence army there for that purpose but whether we will be engaged in the first...
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10 September 1861
Written at Camp Tennaly. Miller writes, "...we have to guard the village and the tavern doors to prevent the soldiers from getting liquor and they put such men there as does not drink and cannot be bribed for the soldiers will do almost anything for...
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17 September 1861
Written at Camp Tennaly. Complains that Lile, his wife, does not write to him often enough. Asks for the Oddfellows to send a card or some other proof of his membership.
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23 September 1861
Written at Camp Tennaly. Writes, "...every thing is very quiet, when every thing is so quiet i get the horrors i never feel Better than when we are moving..."
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30 September 1861
Written at Camp Tennaly. Writes, "...i am almost certain we will leave to night for Virginia..." Sends money. Consists of three pages plus a loose-leaf enclosure written on a half sheet.
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2 October 1861
to Andrew Bushman Miller
Written at Camp Tennaly to his father. Writes, "...if only the darned Rebels would Be a little careful where they shoot, But as they are not we will have to Return the Compliment, we are well armed and equipped now with first Rate Rifles Muskets...
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10 October 1861
Written at Camp Tennaly to his wife. Complains of a severe headache. Writes, "the army is moving in every direction today i do not know how far into virginia we are going..." Written in pencil.
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23 October 1861
Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Discusses his march toward Leesburg, Virginia: "...we saw some verry pretty sights on our march and some verry Sorrowfull ones, on our march there we saw no men but plenty of women they stuck Bull Run at us every...
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1 August 1861
Miller writes to his wife: "This is rather a dangerous place to be as you cant trust any Body about here it is full of Rebels around here there is hardly a night but you can hear shots fired..." Written in pencil.
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10 August 1861
Miller writes to his wife: "... the men have become dissatisfied they have not enough to eat they say in camp and a good many of the officers drink as bad as the men..."
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14 August 1861
Miller writes to his wife: "...i do not touch any kind of strong drink play no cards have nothing to do with any women in fact have not spent one cent... i have to day Been in the army seven weeks and have never Received one Black mark..."
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22 March 1863
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12 April 1863
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24 May 1863
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8 September 1863
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27 September 1863
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1 November 1863
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30 April 1864
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18 May 1864
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1 July 1864
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24 April 1863
He discusses his health, the harshness of the weather, and his hopes of coming home for a "bolle of hur best bread and milk, dun up in thew yankey style." Bartlett ends with instructions on where and what he would like to see Mr. Andrews do with the...
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3 May 1863
He declares that his unit has taken the Confederate strong hold at Fredericksburg. The letter explains what the major commanding officers like General Joseph Hooker and Major General J. Sedgwick are doing. Written in pencil.
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10 May 1863
He writes about his frustration with the war's progress and the sense of defeatism he feels. He accuses the government of not thinking critically about the way in which "they use up human flesh." He also discusses the desolation of the area...
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1 June 1863
Begins with a discussion of why Mr. Andrews has not written. Bartlett declares he has a toothache. Then he discusses the $200 he has saved. It means little to him at this point because he does "not care about having it much on hand when thare is a...
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17 June 1863
He discusses briefly the execution of a soldier for shooting another soldier. He ends his letter with offering to give Mr. Andrews ten dollars in gold to name Andrew's new child. Written in pencil.
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22 June 1863
He writes about the move to Alexandria and being out flanked by the Confederate cavalry. As he writes about walking through the place where the Second Battle of Bull Run took place, he remarks that is "sad to se the Bons of Dead men Bleachin in the...
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11 July 1863
He quickly tells Andrews that he has survived a difficult battle [the Battle of Gettysburg], which he describes as being the "hardest fort Battle in this Rebellion."
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24 August 1863
He asks Andrews to write soon and says there is not much to write about. He notes that he lost his box of Tailor's trimmings and tools. He requests that E.G. Fairbanks send some history books to him. He offers to help orient E.G. Fairbanks to...
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30 September 1863
He discusses walking on the Second Battle of Bull Run battlefield 15 months after the battle. He describes it as "sad since the hoggs have Rooted the dead Bodays from thare graves and thare boens lay on the top of the ground in grave numbers." He...
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15 November 1863
He quickly writes that he is in acceptable health and that enclosed with the letter is a check for $40. Noticing the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, he ends the letter lamenting that he "should like to be with you all on Thanksgiving but I must eate...
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11 November [1861]
Blackman, Francis G., fl. 1861-1865
to Mary Blackman
Writes to his mother. "...I never knew what it was to go hungy till I come here...I was on the sick list when we got here but I shouldered my gun and marched with the Regiment...we have had one meal of bull soup, we slept in the sand 3 nights all I...
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2 December 1861
to his friend Bennett
"...plenty of cotton here and sweet potatoes, peanuts, oringes, rice, Niggers, rattlesnakes coper heads glass snake mocins and another cind about 18 feet long...alligators..." "...the Rebel's boats fired 2 or 3 round and run up the creek...Rebels...
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14 September 1862
Writes to his mother. States James's (his brother's) regiment went by but he did not get to see him. Tells her to direct letters to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, 18th regiment [CV]. Written in pencil.
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