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Henry A. Smith to Family
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    • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
    • Date Created: 1861-12-29
    • Description: Topics include the journey from Washington to Anapolis, Maryland and an account of a runaway slave.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Correspondence of Henry A. Smith


    Joseph Spafford to Homer White
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      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
      • Date Created: 1862-08-24
      • Description: Writing from Windham, Vt to his friend Homer White topics include Joseph Spafford deciding to enlist and reference to others who have decided to enlist.
      • 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]-10-19
        • Description: Writing from Brattleboro, topics include the inspection of the company by Dr. Phelps, the assignment of positions by various men including that of Dr. Parks as surgeon and assistant surgeon, and another request for a cap with a post note on compliments received on his vest.
        • 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]-10-22
          • Description: Still in Brattleboro but anticipating the company moving out, topics include the men who are going home, George declining the assistant surgeon position, and the expectation of being paid.
          • 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: 1862-10-22
            • Description: Spafford writes about being asked by Col Veazey to have Spafford go to Windham and ask George to accept the position of assistant surgeon.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence


            Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
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              • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
              • Date Created: 1863-03-16
              • Description: Topics include resuming encampment after living indoors for a while. An early March skirmish in Aldie, Va. is mentioned, as is the capture of General E.H. Stoughton in bed, in a daring raid by CSA Capt. John S. Mosby at Fairfax County Court House. Mosby managed to capture dozens of union soldiers, learn the "Countersign," or password, and go wherever he wanted. (The embarrassment ended Stoughton's military career.) Smith mentions his wish for a photograph of his siblings, and his wish for news from home.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence


              Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
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                • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                • Date Created: 1863-08-11
                • Description: A short letter written from Belle Isle Prison to reassure his mother after his capture on July 6 at Hagerstown, Maryland.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence


                Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
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                  • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                  • Date Created: 1863-11-20
                  • Description: Topics include receiving a letter from home, his hope to be released and return home, and news about others from his regiment who were killed or wounded at Hagerstown on July 6.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence


                  Benjamin F. Parmenter to Brother
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                    • Creator: Parmenter, Benjamin F., 1832-1896.
                    • Date Created: 1861-10-29
                    • Description: Topics include the policy of the war department to not allow anyone to go home regardless of their circumstances,enquiries about home, Parmenter's growing disillusion with the Army, and a discussion about "the Southern confederacy is a fixed fact."
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Correspondence of Benjamin F. Parmenter


                    Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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                      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
                      • Date Created: 1861-10-8
                      • Description: Writes of good postal service on letter delivery, of Sargent Charley Reed, of Captain Altherton, of wanting a photograph of Homer, general good health of the men, a heavy rain storm that flooded his tent, of going out on Battalion drill.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford papers