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Edward P. Stone to Family
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    • Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
    • Date Created: 1863-03-19
    • Description: Topics include visiting ministers, Colonel Tuttle resigning, Col. Barney in command, petition written up endorsing the Administration, Stone feeling better about his usefulness.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence


    George F. Davis to Smiley Bancroft
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      • Creator: Davis, George F., 1815-1901.
      • Date Created: 1862-05-07
      • Description: Topics include the death of Charles Bancroft while on the "Propeller Richard Willing" and an account of his possessions. The quartermaster's tone is remarkably sympathetic even while addressing official business.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Charles F. Bancroft Correspondence


      George F. Davis to Smiley Bancroft
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        • Creator: Davis, George F., 1815-1901.
        • Date Created: 1862-05-18
        • Description: Topics include plans to return Charles Bancroft's possessions to his father. One senses that the quartermaster is defending the military's hospital care in response to a complaint from Bancroft's father.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Charles F. Bancroft Correspondence


        John W. Merriam to Friend Samantha
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          • Creator: Merriam, John W., d. 1863.
          • Date Created: 1862-09-04
          • Description: Writing from Algiers, La. topics include the false report of Justus's death and an attack by 1500 Rebels on a train leaving Desallemands and heading for Algiers that left 30 to 40 soldiers wounded or killed.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


          William Bruidnell and Francis Finnegan to William Wirt Henry
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            • Creator: Bruidnell, William, b. 1842; Finnegan.
            • Date Created: 1862-08-09
            • Description: Topics include a request for pay amounting to $116 and an update on the leaders of the Vermont Regiment.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


            [Lamuay] to John Wolcott Phelps
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              • Creator: [Lamuay].
              • Date Created: 1861-05-25
              • Description: Topics include errors in Colonel Phelps' rolls and a special order allowing Colonel Phelps to decide where the 1st Regiment Vermont Volunteer Militia will camp.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence


              [Harry N.] Worthen to John Wolcott Phelps
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                • Creator: Worthen, Harry N.
                • Date Created: 1861-06-02
                • Description: Writes from Camp Butler, Newport News, Virginia. Topics include a report of the hospital and a list of names of the sick men and names of the steward and attendants. Mentions Fort Monroe, the unsanitary conditions of the hospital, how the sick men have been neglected by the steward and attendants.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence


                W. C. Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
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                  • Creator: Holbrook, W. C.
                  • Date Created: 1861-11-25
                  • Description: Topics include Lt. Adjt. W. C. Holbrook of the 4th Vermont Regiment requesting from Captain Mundee an order to report to Brig. Gen. John Wolcott Phelps at Old Point, Virginia as Aid de Camp.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence


                  Frederick Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
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                    • Creator: Holbrook, Frederick.
                    • Date Created: 1862-07-27
                    • Description: Topics include the President calling for 300,000 additional troops, the wish that the National Government will develop a decisive policy to "proclaim war to the knife," and a description of Frederick Holbrook's son Major Will. Holbrook continues to express his admiration for Phelps and offer him greater forces to command.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence


                    Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]
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                      • Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
                      • Date Created: 1861-05-05
                      • Description: Topics include camp life, food (lack of some items, abundance of others), daily routine, occasional discomforts. Farnham mentions rumors that the Regiment won't be sent to the South but more likely to New York, even though most of the men are looking forward to battle. Some discussion about postal service, i.e. how long a letter will take for sender and recipient. Col. Phelps is lauded as a good disciplinarian.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence