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10 October 1862
Dewey, Orville S.
to his father
He tells his sister not to worry because his health is first-rate and he always tells her the truth. He discusses his pick for gubernatorial honors.
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18 September 1864
to Mary "Mollie" McLean
He has someone else in mind for president. Someone who takes the bull by the horn. Someone like Sherman. He knows the war is coming to an end soon. He saw Charley recently.
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9 October 1864
Smith, E. W.
[Honorable discharge of O. S. Dewey]
Partially printed. Having tendered his resignation, Dewey is honorably discharged and will receive payment when it is determined that he owes nothing to the government.
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22 March 1867
He includes a collection of "old masters." Not included here. (Pictures by the great painters) So far there have been no orders. He thinks the war office is restrictive.
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no date
Unknown
[Geneology of Dewey Family]
Written on the back of a printed Report from the War Department dated 25 June from Buffalo, New York.
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14 August 1862
Edwards, Oliver (1835-1904)
to Eunice Lombard Edwards
Major Edwards, commanding the 37th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, informs his mother that he has assumed the command of Camp Briggs, in Pittsfield. Remarks, "I have a splendid set of men- better never were seen- but all green... The most...
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16 January 1863
Writes to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Reports, "We are to cross the Rappahannock again tomorrow morning, although I am not so foolish as to allow myself to think that in the coming struggle I must die, yet...
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16 November 1863
Replies to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Written near Culpepper Courthouse. Received correspondence from his mother while at Kelly's Ford, Virginia. Reports that the 2nd Corps (Army of the Potomac) was...
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4 January 1862
Holly, William H. (d. 1864)
to Mary Ann Davis
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Talks of mutual acquaintances, (including a death, one in an "insane retreat" and one who goes down town and returns "pretty tight"), Christmas (when he hears a sermon by an African missionary on "what shall be done...
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23 February 1862
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Laments camp accommodations ("you are at Church listening to a good sermon while I am seated on a wash basin and writing on a Camp Kettle") and not being able to spend "the last Sunday in Brookfield that perhaps I...
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22 May 1864
Written from "Lakeport, La." to a friend. Talks of the visit of the wife of his friend, William Hoyt, whom he will be sad to see leave as he enjoys having a "respectable female friend to chat with." Talks of how he wants to leave the army--"what a...
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22 June 1862
Hughes, Alfred
to Mary Hughes
"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.
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17 August 1862
Lack of vegetation in prison; Fifty-first Psalm and other devotional texts; concerns about his family's health in his absence.
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5 September 1862
Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.
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12 September 1862
Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.
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15 September 1862
Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).
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16 September 1862
Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.
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17 September 1862
Plans to observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving set aside by President Davis; Rev. Dr. Ford; wealthy gentlemen among the prisoners brought from Martinsburg; taking of thirty prisoners by one man.
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19 September 1862
Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.
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22 September 1862
Subtle change in prisoner conduct; politics in sermons.
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5 October 1862
The weather; discussion with Rev. Dr. Baldwin about the origin of the races; photographs of his children; low opinion of Judge [Thompson] for not writing or assisting them.
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7 October 1862
Reading her letters aloud to Rev. Dr. Baldwin ; Judge Thompson's deception.
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Rev. Dr. Ford's discourse on 5th chapter of Matthew, dramatic increase in paroled prisoners.
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12 October 1862
Religious interpretation of premonitions; evening prayer service; false reports in the Wheeling Intelligencer.
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19 October 1862
Receipt of the Wheeling Intelligencer; Rev. Dr. Baldwin.
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