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Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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    • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
    • Date Created: 1862-04-11
    • Description: A very brief letter tells his sister not to write as he will be leaving the Mansion House Hospital for Washington.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence


    Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
      • Date Created: 1862-05-11
      • Description: Writing from Carver Hospital in Washington D.C. topics include his waiting for his military discharge papers and plans for getting home to Vermont.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence


      Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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        • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
        • Date Created: [1861]-12-01
        • Description: Topics include a brief description of the Thanksgiving celebrations and a description of a trip to Washington.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


        Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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          • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
          • Date Created: 1862-10-11
          • Description: Writing to his sister, Mary Jane, from Brattleboro, Vermont topics include a request for a knitted night cap and a vest; also reference to Veazey as being colonel and the appointment of George C.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence


          Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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            • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
            • Date Created: 1863-01-16
            • Description: A brief and intense letter to his wife about her ill health, purchasing a new horse, and officers in the regiment who have resigned.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


            Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
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              • Creator: White, Daniel S., 1837-1912.
              • Date Created: 1863-09-22
              • Description: Short letter mentioning photographs, pay, and his health.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Daniel S. White Correspondence


              Orlando S. Turner to Joseph and Louisa A. Turner
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                • Creator: Turner, Orlando S., b. 1839.
                • Date Created: 1861-07-26
                • Description: Topics include a brief account of the first Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia. Writes of the bravery of the soldiers, casualties and men killed, of his opinion that the officers were afraid to go where the soldiers were, damage to the American flag.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Civil War letters of Orlando S. Turner


                Edward P. Stone to Family
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                  • Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
                  • Date Created: [1861-10-?]
                  • Description: Chaplain Stone writes of worship service, evening tent prayer meetings, having comfortable living conditions in his tent, the regiments having moved three times since reaching Washington, D.C. but seemingly not in any danger.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence


                  Edward P. Stone to Family
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                    • Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
                    • Date Created: 1861-11-18
                    • Description: Writes of the first death in the regiment, that of William Fallon of Royalton from the measles, of his good health, refers to John (perhaps his brother?), comfortable living conditions and of having to prepare for the funeral.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence


                    Letter to Rufus and Sebra Towle
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                      • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
                      • Date Created: 1861-12-29
                      • Description: December 29, 1861. Topics include the health of the regiment in the cold weather (rheumatism, boils, homesickness), camp inspection, lack of presence of Chaplain except at religious services, and the prospect of battle.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Civil War correspondence of Ransom W. Towle and Thomas N. Flanders