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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Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Homer White
Joseph Spafford to Homer White
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    • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
    • Date Created: 1862-05-07
    • Description: Still writing from Carver Hospital in Washington D.C. topics include hoping to get his papers to go home to surprise his family, plans to meet Homer White in New York City and hopes that his friend Homer will come to Vermont with him.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Homer White
    Joseph Spafford to Homer White
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      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
      • Date Created: 1862-04-29
      • Description: Now in Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. topics include military discharge, plans to meet Homer White in New York City and the wounding of Captain Atherton.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
      Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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        • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
        • Date Created: 1862-05-09
        • Description: Writing from Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. topics include waiting for his military discharge papers and sightseeing in Washington.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
        Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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          • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
          • Date Created: 1862-04-27
          • Description: Writing from Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. topics include the probability of a military discharge, hospital nurses, unhealthiness of hospitals, liking his living situation in the barracks, and fiddle playing and dancing heard coming from a nearby house.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
          Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
          Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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            • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
            • Date Created: 1862-05-06
            • Description: Writing his sister from Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. topics include worry about not receiving letters from home and his general good health.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
            Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War