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21 March 1862
Dewey, Orville S.
to Mary "Mollie" McLean
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.
GLC02161.018
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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15 February 1899
Ben (fl. 1899-)
to A. H. "Mollie" Blossom
He asks if she is enjoying life with the "troupe?" They are such a talented crowd from the leading lady to the heavy villian. He is waiting for a ship to set sail in Philadelphia. He wants her to come visit. By June he should be able to get promoted...
GLC02161.170
3 September 1863
Blanchard, John. (fl. 1862-1864)
to Esther Ann Kinney
re: Blanchard writes to Kinney, boasting about his punctuality in answering his letters. He also adds that the Regiment got a band and they played for the troops all night. Finally, Blanchard praises his camp, saying "every thing [is] pleasent andâ€...
GLC02162.10
16 January 1863
Edwards, Oliver (1835-1904)
to Eunice Lombard Edwards
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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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...
GLC02165.01
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...
GLC02165.03
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...
GLC02165.17
22 June 1862
Hughes, Alfred
to Mary Hughes
"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.
GLC02166.005
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.
GLC02166.071
22 September 1862
Subtle change in prisoner conduct; politics in sermons.
GLC02166.073
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.
GLC02166.082
7 October 1862
Reading her letters aloud to Rev. Dr. Baldwin ; Judge Thompson's deception.
GLC02166.084
10 October 1862
Rev. Dr. Ford's discourse on 5th chapter of Matthew, dramatic increase in paroled prisoners.
GLC02166.086
12 October 1862
Religious interpretation of premonitions; evening prayer service; false reports in the Wheeling Intelligencer.
GLC02166.087
19 October 1862
Receipt of the Wheeling Intelligencer; Rev. Dr. Baldwin.
GLC02166.092
20 October 1862
Rev. Dr. Baldwin's sermon; 12th chapter of Romans; his weight and measurements; advising his wife not to have contact with those who have taken the oath.
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24 October 1862
Replacing Judge Hitchcock with Samuel F. Galloway; new progress in examining cases and increase in released prisoners; future reunion with fellow prisoners; translations of the Lord's Prayer.
GLC02166.096
28 October 1862
Requesting copies of the World; conversation with a fellow inmate regarding the Bible and their respective wives; speculation about how to secure a pass to Richmond.
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