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Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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    • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
    • Date Created: 1863-01-31
    • Description: Written on Sherman House stationery topics include getting reimbursed for $120 stolen from an Express package, the condition of the more Rebel prisoners arriving, camp now having 4000 Confederate prisoners, attending a temperance lecture given by John B. Gough, and staying at the Sherman House, whose marble floor in the lobby was manufactured by Barney‚Äôs father.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


    Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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      • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
      • Date Created: 1863-04-04
      • Description: Writes of traveling by the steamer Long Island from City Point to Fort Monroe, of how woebegone City Point looks due to bombing, seeing the Confederate flag flying, searching the Confederate prisoners, finding many Union items, such as canteens and haversacks which were taken from them, of prisoners being paroled as no Union soldiers ready yet to be exchanged. He also mentions seeing naval ships at Newport News, and where the Regiment might go next.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


      Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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        • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
        • Date Created: 1862-12-02
        • Description: Topics include arriving at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Lt. Erastus W. Jewett expects military pay to come through, and the good condition of the company.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


        Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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          • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
          • Date Created: 1863-06-26
          • Description: Barney writes of continuing to gain strength, though not as quickly as he hoped; plans to buy a horse; excited at the news of his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


          Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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            • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
            • Date Created: 1863-06-23
            • Description: Barney writes from the hospital that he is getting better and he has heard that his brother, Colonel Elisha Barney, has the same complaint. He also writes that he has sent his trunk home and that the view from his window shows the ‚ÄúHampton Roads‚Äù with ships laying at anchor.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


            Justus F. Gale to Sister
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              • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
              • Date Created: 1862-08-26
              • Description: Topics include wishing his sister a happy birthday, clearing up the rumor that he is dead, the enlisting of blacks, and the enlisting of men from home before they are drafted.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


              Justus F. Gale to Sister & Friends
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                • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                • Date Created: 1862-09-09
                • Description: Topics include the sickness of Justus Gale‚Äôs mother and brother Charley, mentions his dismay of men trying to skip military duty, the rebel prisoners taken by various Union regiments, mentions Gen. Butler may be taking care of the guerrilla fighters and the injuries sustained by the men in the train accident whereby many seemed to have avoided amputations.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                Justus F. Gale to Mother
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                  • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                  • Date Created: 1862-10-25
                  • Description: Writing to his mother, topics include marching orders to go up the railroad, waiting for a regiment of contrabands from the other side of the river to lead the way on their march, receiving his military pay, and giving his best wishes to his mother.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                  Justus F. Gale to Father
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                    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                    • Date Created: 1863-01-05
                    • Description: Topics include arrangements being made between Justus‚Äô father and brother to take care of his father, trying to stop his father from taking a premium heifer, and admonishing his father not to spend money on anything but his own care. He also writes of the weather in Louisiana in the winter and how pleasant it is, except when it rains and gets muddy.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                    Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                      • Date Created: 1863-02-08
                      • Description: Topics include the news that Gale has been sent to the General Hospital in New Orleans because of the sore on his hand, as he is unable endure a long march. He also writes that the hospital is quiet on the Sabboth and that the rooms are clean and the food is good, and includes a description what he sees in the hospital. As well he writes of the difference in New Orleans from the previous year and tries to express to his sister what a big city is like.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence