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2 December 1862
Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
to Lile Miller
Miller writes to his wife from camp at Brooks Station. Sends Lile money and comments that "here all is quiet."
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17 December 1862
Miller writes to his wife from camp at Brooks Station. Comments on the Battle of Fredericksburg: "Our company mad [sic] a lucky escape in not getting into this last Battle, All the Rest of our Division were in it and as usual were the first or nearly...
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31 December 1862
Miller writes to his wife from camp at Brooks Station. Reports, "all appears quiet here..." Notes that the previous Sunday, "Stewart's Cavalry threatened to make a raid on this Road..." Asks about the well being of his father.
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16 January 1863
Miller writes to his wife from camp near White Oak Church. Reports that he is under marching orders. Comments on his father's well being (his father is also apparently in the service). Notes, "tell him i am not now the Puny little sickly looking...
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19 October 1863
Hartman, Friedrich, fl. 1863
to Sarah Ogden
Apologizes for not writing sooner. Says the family received William's body and the bullet from his wound. Describes William's funeral, and asks Ogden for copies of her photograph, for the family and for William's fiancée.
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16 March 1862
Warner, Caleb W., fl. 1862
Says he is donating the following items: 35 pairs of slippers, lemons, one pair of stockings, old linen, one vest, two pairs of pants, and one wrapper (for hospital use).
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4 December 1850
Weeden, Henry, fl. 1850
to Watson Freeman
Weeden, a tailor with a shop at 10 Franklin Avenue in Boston, declines to repair Watson's coat by saying "With me Principle first - Money afterwards. Though a poor man I crave the patronage of no Being that would volunteer his services to arrest a...
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6 June 1862
Miller replies to a letter from his wife. Describes a recent skirmish with Confederates. Requests a plait of her hair.
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15 June 1862
Miller writes from camp near the Chickahominy River to his wife. Notes that Confederates broke through the picket lines of General George McClellan's army, but that his company will likely remain held as a reserve force.
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10 November 1862
Stackhouse, J., fl. 1864
Writes from camp. States he has been unable to write because he has been marching every day since he received her last letter. His colonel told him that he cannot get a description list unless sent for by a doctor. Asks Ogden to retrieve the...
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