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Ransom W. Towle to Family and Friends
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    • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
    • Date Created: 1862-01-29
    • Description: Towle writes to parents and friends from Camp Griffin in Virginia about foraging for wood by tearing down fences, desolation of the countryside due to the war, Southerners pretending Union sympathies so as to not be driven from their homes, of the mud, and of making a pipe for smoking from the root of a Laurel tree.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


    Wheelock G. Veazey to Albin Beard, Albin Beard to Wheelock G. Veazey
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      • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898., Beard, Albin.
      • Date Created: [1861]-09-08
      • Description: Topics include the assignment of Wheelock G. Veazey‚Äôs regiment to the post of honor within their division of the army.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


      Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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        • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
        • Date Created: [1861]-09-14
        • Description: Topics include Wheelock G. Veazey‚Äôs position as field officer of the day, the lack of sleep the soldiers are experiencing, and the ease with which the Rebels could attack the Regiment.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


        Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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          • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
          • Date Created: [1861]-12-[23]
          • Description: Topics include Captain Atherton recruiting for the 4th Vermont Regiment and General Phelps making a ‚Äúfool‚Äù out of himself.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


          Ransom W. Towle to [Family and Friends]
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            • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
            • Date Created: 1862-06-19
            • Description: Topics include the Massachusetts 16th Regiment pushing the rebels back in heavy fighting with the Rebels in rifle pits, soldiers killed (74), prisoners taken (16) and preparations being made to move out in anticipation of battle the next day.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


            Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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              • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
              • Date Created: 1862-07-17
              • Description: From Harrison's Landing to Julia still in Boston topics include the improved health of Wheelock Veazey, Major Seaver‚Äôs resignation denied, wishing to be home, the possibility of the war ending in the autumn if more troops are raised but fears it will not be enough or soon enough and of having been sent some two dozen bottles of whiskey but does not know who sent them.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


              Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                • Date Created: 1862-06-10
                • Description: Topics include reporting of a few scrimmages, of Captain William Parker Ainsworth‚Äôs funeral and his honorable life, of desire to be home.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


                Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]
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                  • Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
                  • Date Created: 1861-08-08
                  • Description: Topics include Roswell writing from Camp Phelps in Brattleboro informing his wife that the Regiment has arrived in Vermont safely and will soon be home.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence


                  Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]
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                    • Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
                    • Date Created: 1861-08-13
                    • Description: Topics include Roswell informing his wife that he will most likely be home on Thursday, August 15th, 1861, of the returning home troops marching through the streets.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence


                    Joseph L. Perkins to Brother
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                      • Creator: Perkins, Joseph L.
                      • Date Created: 1861-04-23
                      • Description: Topics include a discussion of Liberty and the Constitution and one of women's equality with men.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph L. Perkins Letter