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10 June 1863
Blackman, Francis G. (fl. 1861-1865)
to Mary Blackman
Writes to his mother. Mentions "bushwhackers." Written in pencil.
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26 July 1863
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...
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5 August 1863
Blackman, James A. (fl. 1861-1865)
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...
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21 December 1863
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."
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7 February 1864
to Ruth J. Sheldon
Writes that the weather is pleasant but that they cannot enjoy it because the rebels are moving about.
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26 March 1864
Writes to his mother about his hard journey and states he saw Frank [his brother Francis] for a few hours. He is very homesick.
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8 May 1864
Lucas, F. H. (fl. 1864)
Written from Knight Hospital. Informs Mary that her son Francis is getting better.
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2 December 1864
Writes to his mother that he spent Thanksgiving in Gettersburg [Gettysburg?]. They are now four miles from Harper's Ferry.
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20 January 1865
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..."
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24 April [1865]
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..."...
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13 May 1861
Davis, William B. (fl. 1861-1862)
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."
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9 February 1862
to his parents and sisters
Describes his regiment's participation in the Battle of Roanoke Island. Written in pencil on patriotic stationery.
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22 June 1862
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1 July 1862
to his sister Sallie
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15 September 1862
Written on patriotic stationery.
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17 November 1862
Discusses skirmishes with the rebels in North Carolina.
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14 November 1852
McLean, Charles
to his brother
He talks about a mischievous cow. Since there are no good schools around, his mother is sending him to boarding school.
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1 July 1854
McLean, William
to Mrs. Dewey
He talks about his future marriage with Mary. He needs her support. Even though he has bad habits, Mary tends to indulge him. He asks Mrs. Dewey for best wishes.
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30 December 1858
Hopkins, Nelson K.
[Mortgage sale of real estate of Norman R. & Harriet W. Dewey]
The Deweys' land is being foreclosed and sold at public auction.
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16 June 1859
Dewey, Squire P.
[Grant of power of attorney to Norman R. Dewey]
Document grants power of attorney to Norman R. Dewey. He can now make all decisions about the piece real estate in Lancaster.
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10 November 1859
[Warranty deed with Seth Clark]
Land agreement between Squire P. Dewey and Seth Blank. The land passes from Dewey to Blank.
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30 May 1861
to Mary "Mollie" McLean
He was promoted to first lieutenancy and is trying to arrange for her and the children to come visit him. He expects their destination to be Harper's Ferry or Richmond.
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24 June 1861
They heard that Gen. Johnson was going to attack them with 20,000 men. They met them with 15,000 men. He describes some skirmishes. Later his promotion meant he was moved to B company.
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20 September 1861
Dewey, Orville S.
He will miss Hattie who has sadly departed. He regrets all the unkind things he said to her. Meanwhile they have been building nice quarters for themselves. He describes the interior of their tents.
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29 November 1861
to Norman R. Dewey
He got to occupy the outpost, a dangerous position. But he liked it. He received the box filled with raspberry jam, a handkerchief and towels.
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1 January 1862
McLean, R. J.
Harry is ill with pneumonia. He worries about Harry because he has a slight build and doesn't think he'll be able to endure this "rough world."
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4 January 1862
to Harriet W. Dewey
Mollie has a touch of dysentary. He talks about how he spent his holidays. The prospect of a fight is good and he is looking forward to it.
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8 January 1862
He has been very busy getting off Will's quarterly returns. Charley wrote that if he can enlist 20 or 25 men, he can have a 2nd lieutenancy.
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18 January 1862
He was worried for Mollie since he hadn't heard from her in a while. But she was fine. He predicts Major Whittany will go far in his profession. He likes him a lot.
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14 February 1862
to [Norman R. Dewey]
Wednesday they marched through Centerville. Centerville has the strongest position the Rebels ever had. He has been to Manassas and Bull's Run.
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21 March 1862
One day he ran into a Doctor Coventry who persuaded him to stay with him. They went to a church now used as a hospital. He met Will in Alexandria.
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10 April 1862
They are advancing with an army of 100,000 men. He expects their there to be a "dreadful battle in a day or so". He applied to be on Gen. Smith's staff. There will be terrible slaughter sioon,
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11 May 1862
Last night they crossed the Rappahannock, marched through Fredricksburg and camped. He talks about how the Rebels treat their dead horses and mules. Fredricksburg is described as a filthy place.
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21 May 1862
He has just read his his commission. Col. Albergers' Regt. is at Williamsburg with McClellan.
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26 May 1862
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9 June 1862
to [Harriet W. Dewey]
He has been receiving compliments on his work. They are camped on the battlefield and as he writes the Rebels are throwing shells into their camp.
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13 June 1862
Some new officers in his company wrote a scathing letter to the paper attacking him. The primary culprit is someone at a country paper. Capt. Alberger and Capt. Cluney recommended him for promotion.
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16 June 1862
He got a letter from Will who has picket duty. Their sharpshooters killed or wounded every gunner that attempted to use their artillery. There will be no more picketing on their end.
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There was a cavalry fight described as one of the fiercest. Will was wounded. 31 were killed.
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20 June 1862
He heard that Will was captured at Old Church. He is not that worried and feels he will be released unharmed. He himself is doing well.
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21 June 1862
Her husband informs her he has been taken prisoner. He assures her, however, that he is very comfortable.
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23 June 1862
Not only is will a prisioner, but so is the asst. surgeon, so he won't lack for proper medical care. Charles Bidwell had to resign because of poor health.
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8 July 1862
He thinks McClellan could have cut his way through Richmond a month ago. But there would have been drawbacks. The North needs to come down to the South and just fight. But he thinks they are currently outnumbered.
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11 July 1862
He prefers hand to hand combat instead of getting shelled. He also thinks Will must be a full fledged captain by now.
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14 July 1862
If anything bad happens, he has arranged it so that she will hear it in a telegram first and not in the paper. He got paid and is sending money home.
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18 July 1862
Accomodations are not good. They have had no regular meals and anything good is very expensive. He asks her to send fruit and vegetables. There will be a general exchange of prisoners soon and he hopes Will will be among them.
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20 July 1862
He has news about her husband. His wounds have all healed and he has been moved to the officers' prison. He will most likely be among the first of those exchanged.
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22 July 1862
He requests photos of mother and father. He is also enclosing a sketch from an illustrated newspaper depicting the cavalry battle that Will fought in. Not included here.
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23 July 1862
He wants his father to stop working so hard. He should be as comfortable as possible. He warns his father it may be a year before he can visit him.
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25 July 1862
He sent money to father and told mother to send him some things. Capt. M.went down to Fort Monroe. It is hot and uncomfortable.
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