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15 August 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia went to the beach with Bess. at work she interviewed people for the selective service board, then responded to letters from Moe.
GLC09414.0354
4 January 1863
Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863
to Mary Magie
Headquarters 78th Regt. Ill. Vol. Misdated 1862, discusses Morgan's raid at New Haven, see GLC05241.02. Recounts more of his adventures as a spy dressed in rebel uniform. Mentions his capture of a Confederate named Floyd Price. Asks for a copy of the...
GLC05241.03
5 September 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Praises his wife. Discusses the war, claiming it will reveal "cowardice treachery ingratitude." His is optimistic about the Continental Army's position in New York. He is in good spirits. Denounces the Continental Congress for not funding the army...
GLC02437.00437
23 May 1862
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 29, whole no. 3524 (May 23, 1862)]
Battle of West Point with 560 prisoners. Returning to Galveston. War in New Mexico. Yankee operations in North Alabama. Military commission notice. General Grant's official report. Battle of Shiloh. Federal Congressional minutes. Report from Houston...
GLC05959.51.040
29 June 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 45, whole no. 3698 (June 29, 1863)]
Letter defending abolition. Letter from P. Murrah, candidate for Texas governor. Yankees at Yazoo City. Ad for slave sales. Support for Honorable Peter W. Gray, candidate for Congress. Fund for Hood's brigade. General Pemberton.
GLC05959.51.081
24 February 1864
The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]
Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.
GLC05959.55.02
23 December 1862
A.S. Willington & Co., fl. 1861-1864
Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 60, no. 19,348 (December 23, 1862)]
Report of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Lives Lost at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dispatch from Burnside to Halleck, The Army was Withdrawn Across the Rappahannock, A Report that McClellan was to be Reinstated to Command the Army, Death of Brig...
GLC05959.37.10
7 November 1863
Hab, Smight, fl. 1862-1865
to Doctor
He talks of how many states have recently joined the Union or elected emancipationists.He thinks Jefferson Davis will soon be pushed out of the places they currently occupy.
GLC02743.28
13 September 1862
Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863
to Annie
writing from the hospital. describes the battle of Bull Run. ends up getting wounded in the arm.
GLC09354.11
27 April 1862
thinks the coasting affair was quite funny. still very homesick but makes it clear he doesn't want to get out of the army but he does think of home at time. currently experiencing a drenching rain.Written at Camp Hamilton
GLC09354.10
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