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Ira Clark to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Mary Clark to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1861 November 21
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- Creator: Clark, Ira., Clark, Mary.
- Description: Topics include the effects of Mary's father W. Power's (unnamed) action, advice to Craig to wait on enlisting, a request that Ella spend the winter with them, and the health of family members.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated December 8, 1861.
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- Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Spencer Fullerton Baird Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Charles H. Blinn Civil War Diary, 1861-1862
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- Creator: Blinn, Charles Henry, 1843-1926.
- Date Created: 1861-1862
- Description: Charles Henry Blinn was born in Burlington, Vt. on January 27, 1843 to Chauncey and Edatha/Editha (Harrington) Blinn. He was educated in Vermont and was preparing to enter the University of Vermont when he entered the army. In September 21, 1861, Blinn enlisted in the 1st Vt. Cavalry. He was attached to Sheridan’s Cavalry Corps, and participated in a number of battles, including Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Winchester, and Cedar Creek. His regiment captured forty-two cannon at Cedar Creek, the largest number taken by any regiment during the war. Blinn was wounded and taken prisoner at Middletown, Va. on May 24, 1862, in a cavalry charge led by General Banks, and was held at Lynchburg and Belle Island, Va. from May 25 to September 17. After three years and four months of service, he was honorably discharged at Burlington in November 18, 1864. After the war, Blinn was chief clerk for two years at the Welden House in St. Albans, Vt. He moved to California in 1868, and for six years was employed with the Wells-Fargo Express Co. In 1875, he became an editorial writer of the “Alta California.” In 1878, he was appointed chief permit clerk in the San Francisco Custom House, a position he held until his death on May 11, 1926. On December 15, 1870, Blinn married Nellie Holbrook of Salem, NH. Nellie (d. 1909) was a suffragist and public speaker, and took the stump for Hayes, Garfield, Blaine, and Harrison. The couple had one son, Holbrook (1872-1928), who pursued a career in acting and performed on Broadway as well as in silent films. In October 8, 1910, Blinn married Vivian Bailey (d. 1944), a grammar school teacher, with whom he had one daughter, Eleanor. Topics in Blinn’s diaries include the experiences of Union soldiers in camp, on the battlefield, and as prisoners of war in Confederate prisons; the experiences of Southerners in Union-occupied towns, illness and medical practices in the military, and the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Parent Collections: Diaries
By an act of the legislature : ... governor was required to raise ... two regiments of soldiers ... two regiments ... have been raised ... rendered important service ... retreat of the United States Army ... near Manassas ... demonstrate necessity of ... increased national force
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- Creator: Vermont,Governor (1860-1861 : Fairbanks, E.)
- Date Issued: 1861
- Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
Letter from CHARLES ELIOT NORTON to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated March 26, 1861.
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- Creator: Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
State of the Union. Speech of the Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, upon the report of the Committee of Thirty-three upon the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1861
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- Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
- Date Created: 1861-02-16
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, June 7 - September 30, 1861
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- Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
- Date Created: 1861
- Description: This diary covers the Marshes’ first months in Italy and describes their first impressions of the country and its people. During this period, the Marshes befriend the Abbe Giuseppe Filippo Baruffi, astronomer Barone Giovanni Plana, and the Tottenham family, among others. They also meet the rest of the diplomatic corps in Turin, as well as many preeminent Italians, including King Victor Emmanuel II, Bettino Ricasoli, and Urbano Rattazzi. They learn much about Italy’s most recent prime minister, the Count of Cavour, who dies the day before the Marshes arrive in Turin. After the Marshes settle into the Casa d’Angennes (their home in Turin), they go on several sightseeing trips, hiking in the Alps and visiting Lago Maggiore and Villarbasse. Topics in this diary include the “Roman Question,” the Pope, and Catholicism; negotiations between Italy, the United States, and Giuseppe Garibaldi; the treatment of Garibaldi and Garibaldian soldiers by Italian government, the Torinese elites and their customs, rural life and rural industries, such as winemaking; the American Civil War, especially slavery and foreign enlistment; Ottoman politics, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s death, and the Great Comet of 1861.
- Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
Letter from Albert G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 28, 1861.
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- Creator: Peirce, Albert G.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Albert G. Peirce Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, dated March 26, 1861.
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- Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 26, 1861.
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- Creator: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center