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04 June 1864
Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864
to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee
Copy of the original. Last letter home, writes about troop movements and assures wife of health. Was written near Cold Harbor, Virginia.
GLC02744.203
2 June 1864
Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882
to his sister Ettie Weeks
Writes that they have been under musketry attack for eight days, but their works have been a safe place. Hopes that more one-year men will be drafted into the war. Asks his father about the late quotations of gold and how it will affect their...
GLC06728.072
28 June 1864
to unknown
Reports that Brig. Gen. Harker was killed yesterday along with two of Weeks' company. Of Weeks' regiment, 43 were killed and wounded leaving 108 men. Writes that the only battle he has missed was the Chickamauga campaign but has been with his...
GLC06728.073
22 July 1863
to his parents
Has found a place to board and hopes to be played soon. Offers his pay to his parents but states that if they have no use for it, he will offer it to other soldiers who will not get paid this time. Writes that he may be able to get furlough but is...
GLC06728.051
11 March 1864
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister
Written at Camp of 105th Illinois Regiment, eight miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The regiment has marched from Bridgeport, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee. He describes this as the hardest march the regiment has ever had. He also reports that...
GLC07460.071
29 April 1788
The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser
Letter from "A Free Negro" printed in the Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser. "I am one of that unfortunate race of men who are distinguished from the rest of the human species by black skin and woolly hair, disadvantages of very little...
GLC09151
27 March 1865
Writes that he is doing well and that the regiment is starting to receive a regular mail service. Since leaving Fayetteville, North Carolina there have been some hard fights. On 16 March their division and the First Division of the Corps. bore the...
GLC07460.115
February 13, 1863
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
to Delia Slocum
re: Cranor describes the Battle of Stones Creek and its aftermath for the regiment. He writes that the enemy killed or wounded eighteen in the regiment and that his colonel was drunk during the fight. Cranor speculates that this drunk Colonel will...
GLC03791.004
30 September 1863-1 October 1863
Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865
to Father
One of their heavy batteries opened fire and shot Johnson, then threw some shells into Sumter....has been installed as a caterer...seems to be improving on his arithimetic. He feels contempt for the Watson family.
GLC07705.177
2 July 1863
Starr, George H., fl. 1839-1916
to his father [incomplete]
Describes, in detail, his capture at Gettysburg and the terrible losses suffered by his corps at the battle. Cites by name fellow officers and soldiers killed and wounded (Lt. Johnson, mortally wounded despite his steel vest, Lt. Col. Tuthill shot...
GLC02748.02
15 October 1864
Powell, Joseph, fl. 1864
to John Reeser
Comments on being ill today and not working. Writes that he is working for Construction Corpse Smith's Gang. Describes working at a carpenter business making $2.75 per day with boarding and good quarters. Mentions that they receive $5.00 when...
GLC03523.43.15
28 September 1863
Kessler, Samuel, fl. 1861-1864
to Mary Kessler
Writes to his sister from camp. Describes the "great battle" [the Battle of Chickamauga] that is taking place. Notes his regiment has been in the battle since the beginning. Writes they fell back five miles and have been fortifying ever since....
GLC03523.52.14
3 May 1864
Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868
to his friends
Writes to his friends. Describes being in some hard fighting. Writes, "the shells came poring in like Hail stone only had more affect than a hail stone would have…" Reports driving the enemy back and capturing their artillery. Complains about the...
GLC03523.52.54
14 March 1863
Rifenburgh, Peter E., 1843-1863
to brother
Is well and enjoying good health. Hopes this letter finds him in a similar condition. Has not received a letter from home in four weeks. "What the reason is I do not know." Expects to receive one the next time the mail arrives. Has not been paid...
GLC08914.017
10 June 1863
to Nelson Rifenburgh
"We have had a pop at the rebels." Colonel was killed and eighty-five of his comrades were wounded. Did not take part in the fight, was left at the hospital to care for the sick. Eph[raim] Lasher and Patsey were wounded. Has "quite a lot of the...
GLC08914.028
11 May 1863
Talks about Hooker's defeat, his faith in McClellan, includes song about boy asking his mother about his father that is a soldier.
GLC02744.053
29 April 1864
He writes a daily log of his travels from Washington to Hatteras to Fort Monroe and then ends as they prepare to go to Yorktown.
GLC02744.181
Copy of GLC02744.181.
GLC02744.182
02 May 1864
He writes that they have been ordered to report for duty and he is now disembarking his regiment. Will write more when he is settled.
GLC02744.183
25 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Captain Lieutenant Johnson's permission to take military stores]
Major General Henry Knox says that Captain Lieutenant Johnson will apply to the commissary for two 6 pounders and the harnesses to transport them. Also, he is to be given 75 rounds of shot and "25 Case fixed with Flannel." Wants the quartermaster to...
GLC02437.02187
3 September 1791
Maunsell, John, fl. 1724-1795
to Henry Knox
References Knox's letter of 25 August. Received the letter when he had a fever, which has left him in a weak state. Says he feels better and hopes to go to Pennsylvania in October. Notes Earl Wycombe, who came with Maunsell from England, will stop...
GLC02437.05142
16 March 1783
to Alexander McDougall
Written by Major General Knox to General McDougall, who was part of a committee sent to Congress by the army to lobby for half-pay pensions. Says he previously wrote "of the ferment which was raised in the minds of the officers by some anonymous...
GLC02437.02008
9 January 1783
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Written by General McDougall to Major General Knox. Says nothing decisive about whether the half-pay pension issue has been decided. Says it took a week of travel to get to Philadelphia in bad weather. Wanted to lobby the delegates before the...
GLC02437.01819
12 March 1783
to Benjamin Lincoln
Written by Major General Knox to Secretary of War Lincoln. Knox says he wrote Lincoln on 3 March. Says the officers were unhappy after hearing about the failure of General McDougall's mission. Says "That impatience is almost heightened into dispair...
GLC02437.02000
3 May 1863
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863
to Almira Winchell
Written from the battlefield. Expects the Confederates to withdraw by the next night. Reports that Confederate prisoners are poorly clothed but "are as saucy as ever." Expresses patriotism and confidence in the Union cause and also"[G]reat...
GLC04706.02
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