Vermonters in the Civil War

Vermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from the University of Vermont and the Vermont Historical Society. The collection includes materials dating from 1861-1865. Materials were selected for digitization to provide a variety of perspectives on events and issues. The voices represented in the collection include private soldiers and officers, as well as a few civilians. All of the extant Civil War-era letters or diaries of each of the selected individuals (at least, all that are to be found in the participating institutions’ collections) are included; each adds a certain experience and point of view to the whole. Officers in the photo above are (from left to right): Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Stoughton, Colonel Edwin H. Stoughton, Major Harry N. Worthen. All are from the Fourth Vermont Infantry Regiment.

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John Lester Barstow to ?
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    • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
    • Date Created: 1862-05-18
    • Description: Comfortable lodgings of the regiment in New Orleans, the cost of food items, and the ruined state of New Orleans when the Vermont Regiment arrived, interaction with the Negroes.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
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    Miniature of John Lester Barstow to Laura
    John Lester Barstow to Laura
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      • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
      • Date Created: 1862-12-14
      • Description: General Banks supersedes General Butler, the capture of one of the rebel officers, and the dishonorable discharge of Lieutenant Day.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
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      Miniature of John Lester Barstow to Laura
      John Lester Barstow to Laura
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        • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
        • Date Created: 1862-05-03
        • Description: Topics include an overview of the daily schedule in camp, firing on Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philips by General Butler, General Phelps, and about 10,000 men that lasted for three days, and orders for the rest of the regiment to head for New Orleans.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
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