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 John Lester Barstow to ?
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
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Justus E. Gale to Sister
    Justus E. Gale to Sister
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      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
      • Date Created: 1862-11-29
      • Description: Topics include the movement of the regiment to Brashear City, of city purchases by Justus Gale of barrels of apples which he resold by the piece, of buying tobacco, postage stamps, writing supplies, local terms for cash money, of commanding officers of 3rd Louisiana colored regiment and the dry weather.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Miscellaneous
      Miscellaneous
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        • Creator: Phelps, John Wolcott.
        • Description: Permission for "the Negro Dawson Speedley" to leave camp. Signed by Col. Phelps.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
        Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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          • Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
          • Date Created: 1861-06-01
          • Description: Topics include the food that the soldiers eat, and that pilfering from local farms--even "secessionist"--is forbidden. Farnham assures his wife that newspaper reports of the war are highly exaggerated. A rebel attack is unlikely before they return to Vt. A German scouting party caused a stir with an accidental gun discharge. Col. Phelps assigns Farnham a camp security position--provost marshall. One concern is the slaves that have just left their masters, who arrive at Ft. Monroe with food to sell but may also be spies. The able-bodied are put to work; all others are considered for deportation to Liberia. Names: Officers Phelps, Peckett; Everett Shaw.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War