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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Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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- Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
- Date Created: 1862-01-30
- Description: Topics include Wilder asking his mother to send the items he requested as soon as possible.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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- Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
- Date Created: 1862-04-28
- Description: Topics include two officers from the New York regiment joining the rebel army and a description of a rebel attack. Wilder is writing at the time of the Siege of Yorktown, Va.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
Martha to Amanda Hayward
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- Date Created: 1862-08-16
- Description: Topics include condolences for Wilder's death.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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- Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
- Date Created: 1864-06-28
- Description: Writing to his father topics include receiving the $50.00 he asked for from him, a list of the expenses incurred buying equipment needed as 2nd Lieutenant, his hope that his brother Nathan will recover his health now that he has left the Service, and the confidence of the Army in Ulysses S. Grant and their hope that hard fighting is done now.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence
Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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- Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
- Date Created: 1864-12-25
- Description: Writes of good news for the Union from various theaters of war including the fall of Savannah, Georgia with the capture of 15,000 rebel prisoners & taking of Fort Fisher, his hope to be home by next Christmas, receiving his commission as Captain of Company I and his pride in it, requests his sister send him more kid gloves for the other officers in the regiment.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence
Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
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- Creator: White, Daniel S., 1837-1912.
- Date Created: 1863-09-22
- Description: Short letter mentioning photographs, pay, and his health.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Daniel S. White Correspondence
Orlando S. Turner to Joseph and Louisa A. Turner
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- Creator: Turner, Orlando S., b. 1839.
- Date Created: 1861-07-26
- Description: Topics include a brief account of the first Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia. Writes of the bravery of the soldiers, casualties and men killed, of his opinion that the officers were afraid to go where the soldiers were, damage to the American flag.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Civil War letters of Orlando S. Turner
Edward P. Stone to Family
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- Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
- Date Created: [1861-10-?]
- Description: Chaplain Stone writes of worship service, evening tent prayer meetings, having comfortable living conditions in his tent, the regiments having moved three times since reaching Washington, D.C. but seemingly not in any danger.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence
Edward P. Stone to Family
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- Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
- Date Created: 1861-11-18
- Description: Writes of the first death in the regiment, that of William Fallon of Royalton from the measles, of his good health, refers to John (perhaps his brother?), comfortable living conditions and of having to prepare for the funeral.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence
Edward P. Stone to Family
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- Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
- Date Created: [1862]-01-01
- Description: New Year's greeting given to family, getting his tent settled, men under marching orders, no passes to be approved until Gen. Brooks returns.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence