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William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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    • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
    • Date Created: [1864]-04-17
    • Description: Henry writes that he was extremely happy getting a letter from his wife, and that he is glad her ‚Äúlittle difficulties‚Äù were better. He mentions speaking with Captain Frost about Frost's visit to Waterbury, and that Colonel Jewett is talking about resigning again.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


    William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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      • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
      • Date Created: 1862-08-22
      • Description: Topics include the poor health of William Henry's sister Katie and the appointment of Acting Major.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


      William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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        • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
        • Date Created: 1862-09-20
        • Description: Topics include reflecting on Katie's death and William Henry being in command of five companies and five miles of the Potomac River along Seneca Creek.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


        William Wirt Henry to James Edwin Henry
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          • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
          • Date Created: 1863-09-11
          • Description: Quiet now, no action, just picket and drill. Also this letter to his brother, James Edwin Henry, discusses an advertisement for a patent medicine sold by his business in Vermont that is causing problems for their surgeon Dr. Willard A. Childe, and asking that the advertisement be removed. He also writes of a soldier named Justin (possibly Justin Carter), the difficulty he has had in keeping him from being cashiered and of praise from General Meade.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


          Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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            • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
            • Date Created: [1862]-03-05
            • Description: From Camp Griffin, Towle writes of a brigade and bayonet drill, the increasing number of sick men with the death count for the regiment at 77, and of the monotony of camp life.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


            Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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              • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
              • Date Created: 1862-04-06
              • Description: Towle writes from near Yorktown and of firing upon and taking a Rebel fortification at Young's Mills with little resistance from the enemy. He writes a soldier was wounded soldier who was from the Rutland Company, 5th Regiment. The troops also marched to a well fortified encampment of the enemy. He was also in battle, men killed and wounded and the troops had difficulties with moving the artillery as the ground is march and swamp.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


              Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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                • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
                • Date Created: 1862-06-08
                • Description: Writing seven miles from Richmond, Virginia topics include the mention of the Chickahominy River, a prediction of a battle and a description of skirmishes.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


                Ransom W. Towle to [Family and Friends]
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                  • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
                  • Date Created: 1862-06-16
                  • Description: Writing from the field topics include cleaning up the streets of Richmond, Va., Rebel and Union pickets conversing and trading bread and whiskey, the hot weather causing Sun Stroke, and building bridges and shoring up roads to ease the difficulty of moving the heavy artillery on the soft roads.
                  • 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: 1862-01-21
                    • Description: Veazey expresses his deep passion and love for his wife, Julia, writes about his picket duty last night in deep mud, possible movement of the Regiment, and officers‚Äô wives.
                    • 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: 1862-02-02
                      • Description: Veazey writes of his recent time spent with Julia, his wife, how the muddy conditions at camp would be enough to discourage men from enlisting, troubles with his "nig" servant that Veazey "sent him adrift", and his love for Julia.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence