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 Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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    • Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
    • Date Created: 1863-05-15
    • Description: Topics include remaining in Heintzleman‚Äôs corps and not joining Hooker‚Äôs Army & acting as a guard, inquiries about the house, Mary Farnham‚Äôs health and the little dog, Mac, states Mr. Batchelder can get money to Mary, and a description of Mr. Bowen who is pro Union but his wife and daughter are Confederate and he has a son in the Black Horse Cavalry (Army of Northern Virginia, 4th Virginia Calvary Confederate States of America).
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
    Miniature of S. P. Heintzleman to ?
    S. P. Heintzleman to ?
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      • Creator: Heintzleman, S. P.
      • Date Created: 1861-06-05
      • Description: Topics include orders prohibiting anyone from entering the premises or grounds of G. Mason.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
      Miniature of Justus F. Gale to Sister
      Justus F. Gale to Sister
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        • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
        • Date Created: 1863-07-05
        • Description: Topics include family news, the weather, that Colonel Thomas is acting Major General now, that the Rebels are deserting often and are short of provisions, and that his Company while on picket duty talks back and forth to the Rebels and shares their food with them at times.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence