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20 January 1863
Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864
to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee
Note folded like a triangle. He says Lucien on one side. Inside there are three words, illegible.
GLC02744.132.02
22 January 1863
While he aware of the claims of his country he is also aware of the claims of his family. Still laid up in his tent. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg
GLC02744.133
23 January 1863
Glad she looks forward to the idea of keeping house. He talks about their unique relationship. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg
GLC02744.134
25 January 1863
He gives a recipe for headaches, details troop movements, and describes things getting stuck in the mud. End of letter indicates prescence of additional smaller sheet but there is no extra page in folder.
GLC02744.135
02 February 1863
to Lucien Burpee
He writes to inform Lucien that he shall be at home Friday or Saturday night and will want to see him and Charley.
GLC02744.139
04 February 1863
Instead of being able to go home, they are making him go to Georgetown Hospital in Washington to get better. Still hopes he may be able to get home for a few days anyway. Saw William who entrusted him with money to be delivered to family and friends...
GLC02744.140
06 February 1863
He describes his hospital room. He is determined to come home soon. thinks of them often.
GLC02744.142
27 January 1863
He says some generals have retired and now Hooker heads up their army. Soldiers died from fatigue/exposure, strewn across ground, won't read about it in the papers. Includes January 28, where he reassures his wife about her anxiety about hearing a...
GLC02744.136
29 January 1863
A man stayed in the camp last night and complained about it. Still sick currently experiencing fever and rheumatism. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg
GLC02744.137
01 February 1863
He writes that he is about to try to get a leave of absence and she need not write to him after she receives this letter. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg
GLC02744.138
24 March 1863
Risley, Stephen G., fl. 1863
[Consent of leave for Lieut. Col. Thomas F. Burpee]
Notation at top of document indicates this is a duplicate.
GLC02744.141
09 April 1863
Second page contains only address for future mail.
The 21st is five miles from where he is and he will be going in the morning. describes the weather. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia
GLC02744.143
11 April 1863
He describes his journey back. saw Mr and mrs Pond. Mentions park and Burdett. Col. Dutton gave him a very warm reception. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia
GLC02744.144
14 April 1863
He has had a lot of picket duty lately. Major Crosby is getting a leave of absence so he can be with his wife. Offers to let her come join the army for a while if she wants.
GLC02744.145
18 April 1863
He writes that some of the officers had their wives with them for a while but were ordered to leave at Norfolk. Tells the story of how Col. Kimball was murdered by General Cocoran.
GLC02744.146
21 April 1863
Details capture of Confederate battery and shares his views on the course of the war.
GLC02744.147
24 April 1863
He does not think the enemy will attack them here as they have 30 thousand men and a lot of artillery. Thanks her for her letter and the children's letters.
GLC02744.148
26 April 1863
He must find something to occupy his mind since his wife is not around. asks after the children. He wants to know if Lucien is in school now. The English language cannot describe what he feels for her.
GLC02744.149
29 April 1863
Details his own soldiers having a conversation across the river with Confederate soldiers. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia
GLC02744.150
30 April 1863
He is sending her an allotment check. He instructs her as to what to do with it.
GLC02744.151
08 February 1864
He regrets not being able to see her safely back to Fort Monroe. later all the men got sea sick aboard the ship. He bivouacked later and waited for the enemy who did not come. He will write his letters like a journal entry from now on.
GLC02744.152
05 February 1864
Letter of arrival. Notes they made it safely but were sea sick.
GLC02744.153
21 April 1864
Writes about the potential danger of the"Rebel Ram" and the Plymouth capture.
GLC02744.180
17 May 1864
Discusses a battle where he loses 106 men.
GLC02744.192
04 June 1864
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
18 June 1864
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
to Mrs. Walbridge
Writes to his mother that he returned last night from a two day excursion across the Appomattox River to bring supplies to the troops since their supply trains had not yet arrived. Discusses the fighting at Petersburg, 15-18 June 1864. States he...
GLC04662.069
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