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Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford

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Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
Date Created: 1862-11-24
Description: Writing from Camp Vermont, topics include a copy of Joseph Spafford‚Äôs accounts of camp life from November 10th until November 24th written on stationery with a beautiful color illustration of Richmond, Virginia. Mentions the orphan boys wanting to go along with the soldiers have run away.
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: 1862-12-18
Description: Writing from camp near Fairfax Court House, Virginia topics include a description of what picket duty entails, an account of the people Joseph Spafford met in Virginia including two families with very different attitudes towards the Northern soldiers. Writes of dining with one family who also had been given the responsibility of keep a dead Confederate officer in a metal lined coffin in their shed, of observing battle remains at the Bull Run site and of picking up bullets, etc from there, the ill health of Ed Hammond, the decision to remain at Camp Vermont and a brief reference to gunfire heard near Fredericksburg.
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: 1863-04-07
Description: Topics include a description of the area beyond the pickets, rethinking the idea of marriage before next April & idea of possibly going to Mexico after the war made in fun, recreational fun by the men in camp, the expectation of being paid soon, the probability of not returning home before July 23rd, concerns about health of Grandmother.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence

Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford

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Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
Date Created: 1863-04-27
Description: Topics include sending $350 home after being paid $426, a trip into Washington to purchase needed clothing, release date July 23rd, the distribution of the regiment, military pay in "scripts" and the pleasant weather.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence

Joseph Spafford to Homer White

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Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
Date Created: 1863-06-11
Description: Topics include stating having moved from Bristoe Station to Union Mills, Virginia, quoting an article from the Washington Chronicle about the battle of Port Hudson, reference to a Captain Craigue being wounded, setting up camp, and the plan to be paid the next day.
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: 1863-06-21
Description: Writing from Union Mills, Va. makes reference to cannon firing around Thoroughfare Gap otherwise quiet in the area, comfortable weather, the location of the 1st Brigade and the 12th and 15th Regiments, to photographs of him wanted by others, enclosing the pieces of the flag he mentioned in an earlier letter, George is well and Captain Mason going on picket.
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]-07-19
Description: Topics include a change of plans to leave for Baltimore on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
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]-07-28
Description: Topics include a description of the journey to Washington and the set up of the campsite with the 6th Maine 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]-10-17
Description: Topics include Wheelock G. Veazey telling his wife Julia A. Veazey how much he loves and misses her.
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]-11-17
Description: Topics include the predicted end of secessionism and the anticipation of a ‚Äúmagnificent‚Äù battle.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence

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