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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


              Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                • Date Created: 1865-02-19
                • Description: Topics include the health of the Essex boys, the size of the chapel built in camp, which can hold three hundred soldiers, the friendly banter between the pickets and the number of Confederate soldiers deserting to the Union side, his optimism about the end of the war coming soon, and how many fights he has been in.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                Lyman S. Williams to Warren Williams
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                  • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                  • Date Created: 1862-04-20
                  • Description: Topics include Lyman Williams coming down with a fever, an encounter with the rebels that left four men wounded, and the rebels' description of the Vermont regiment as dare devils. Stationery has an illustration of a "Vermont Boy," plus two verses of a song with the title "Vermont Soldier." The refrain, "Away down in Dixie," suggests an attempt to compete with the immortal southern song "Dixie."
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                  Albert A. May to Friend
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                    • Creator: May, Albert A.
                    • Date Created: 1861-10-08
                    • Description: Writes from Marcy Camp Advanced in Northeastern Virginia of injuries and death sustained in a "Skermisher" due to confusion among the men and friendly fire, mentions 4th and 5th regiments also camped in the area.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Albert A. May Correspondence


                    Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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                      • Creator: Whitmore, Orange S., 1836-1908.
                      • Date Created: 1862-10-25
                      • Description: Brief letter from 1st Sgt. Whitmore to Barney's wife on the improvement of Barney‚Äôs health with Bilious fever (a name used that may refer to a number of illnesses that include jaundice) and the excellent care he is receiving from widow, Mrs. Snow in her private home.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence