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 Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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    • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
    • Date Created: 1861-?-29
    • Description: Henry writes from Camp Griffin, Va. of being in good health, of having gained ten pounds, of sleeping well, of having a comfortable bed and coverings, of the burial service of two men held by the Chaplain and of Fenton ill with the measles.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
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    Miniature of Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
    Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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      • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
      • Date Created: 1861-12-07
      • Description: Henry writes from Camp Griffin, Va. of a scouting and foraging expedition of 30,000 men whereby corn, hay and wood were obtained, of the death of Fenton on November 29th, of few meetings held by the Chaplain who is not very well thought of and of visiting the sick in the hospital.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
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      Miniature of [Henry Harrison Wilder] to Mother
      [Henry Harrison Wilder] to Mother
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        • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
        • Date Created: 1861-11-08
        • Description: Henry writes from Camp Griffin, Virginia of the difficulty of camp life, of Fenton being very ill and taken to Georgetown to the General Hospital.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War