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Ransom W. Towle to Parents and Friends
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    • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
    • Date Created: 1862-05-23
    • Description: Topics include Towle‚Äôs not receiving wages, the high prices of food, poverty in camp, the destruction of the countryside by the Rebels, how the Union soldiers are forbidden to even touch any property, the movement of the regiment in Virginia, and the attitude of the slaves towards the Yankees.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


    Edward P. Stone to Family
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      • Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
      • Date Created: 1861-12-28
      • Description: Appreciation for letters from home, glad to know money sent arrived safely, the improving health of the men in the regiment and officers being ordered home to recruit for the brigade.
      • 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: 1862-07-30
        • Description: Inquires about ladies in the family, requesting letters from them, states there is good water contrary to what the newspapers report, vegetables to eat, building brick ovens, prayer meetings being held in brick church, death of son of Judge Swift of Middlebury.
        • 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: [1862]-09-[23]
          • Description: A very brief letter stating he was in Burkittsville with the wounded (casualties from the Battle of Burkittsville or called the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland, September 14, 1862), then set out to find the regiment but was unsuccessful so he stopped at Pleasant Valley and stayed with a family there ; preached at United Bretheren ; mentions fruits of all kinds available.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence


          Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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            • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
            • Date Created: 1862-03-?
            • Description: Topics include the preparations to march and then the order was countermanded. Mentions "the box" of supplies from home.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


            Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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              • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
              • Date Created: 1862-06-11
              • Description: Topics include clarifying things that were written home about Merrill, what Wilder will do once he leaves the army alive, and a man named Damon Hunter returning home after having his leg amputated. One Civil War chronology notes on this date "little or no action on the main front in Virginia along the Chickahominy."
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


              Henry Harrison Wilder to ?
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                • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
                • Date Created: ?-?-?
                • Description: Topics include Wilder's uncertainties regarding if he shall ever see his family again and if the regiment is going to advance, as well as sending items home.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


                Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
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                  • Creator: White, Daniel S., 1837-1912.
                  • Date Created: 1861-08-03
                  • Description: Topics include the witnessing of a hanging execution of a man from the New Hampshire 2nd Regiment who had killed an innocent woman (wife of a rebel soldier), his reaction to the hanging, of military tactics to deter the rebels advance, of breakfast awaiting consisting of fried pork bread and coffee.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Daniel S. White Civil War letters


                  Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
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                    • Creator: White, Daniel S., 1837-1912.
                    • Date Created: 1864-03-31
                    • Description: He writes of the return to Vermont of his wife‚Äôs brother, Oramel G. Howe, of sending her a can of milk, as well as other items, going to Brandy Station on business, having drill practice and of witnessing a horse race in which $1000 was the prize.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Daniel S. White Correspondence


                    Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                      • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                      • Date Created: 1864-10-23
                      • Description: Detailed description of the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, including his account of the arrival of General Sheridan that was much welcomed by the men, its effect on the Union Army on how the lines were reformed and much captured by the Union soldiers.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence