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Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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    • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
    • Date Created: 1863-07-10
    • Description: Regiment moving into the Rebel fort at Yorktown and of being ordered to evict the 179th Pennsylvania Regiment from the barracks. He also writes of promotions in his former company, and of buying a splendid horse for $225. He comments on the expense of getting ‚Äúrigged out‚Äù as a lieutenant colonel.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


    Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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      • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
      • Date Created: 1864-02-21
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


      Justus F. Gale to Sister
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        • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
        • Date Created: 1863-05-29
        • Description: Gale begins his letter with a humorous poem. He then writes that the 8th Vermont is now with the Corps laying seige to Port Hudson, which is strongly fortified and describes a skirmish that resulted in two killed and three wounded from his Company. He also writes that there is constant cannonading and that his company is behind one hill, while the rebels are behind another nearby, and that one day he shot 100 cartridges. He tells his sister he has plenty to eat and that he is safe, even when in action, since he only has to show his head enough to fire.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


        William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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          • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
          • Date Created: 1861-10-08
          • Description: October 8, 1861 from Camp Advance, Virginia. Writes of kindness from Col Stannard, wet weather, grand review of artillery by Genl. McClellan, illness among the men including homesickness and Typhoid Fever, family business.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


          William Wirt Henry to John Henry
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            • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
            • Date Created: 1861-10-12
            • Description: Writes from Camp Griffin near Lewinsville about eating too many chestnuts that made him sick, of family business, of having had enough war and ready to go home.
            • 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: 1861-10-16
              • Description: Writes of feeling better from eating to many chestnuts, took Hibbards Pills, rustling cattle, pickets meeting up with Rebels with some, mentions friends and family life, misses his wife and young daughter Mollie.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


              Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                • Date Created: 1863-01-25
                • Description: Topics include the sore on his hand and how it is healing, the summer-like weather and how the birds in Louisiana are different from the birds in Vermont, their campsite in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, and how much he dislikes southern cooking, which he calls ‚Äúniger stoge‚Äù but has fresh fruit to eat. He also writes about how much money he has made in speculation and of sending home a ring made from a beef bone by their drummer Walter Barnes.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                Justus F. Gale to Mother
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                  • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                  • Date Created: 1863-01-30
                  • Description: Topics include his health and the sore on his hand, the family situation in Vermont, including the separation of his parents and how things have changed since he left, and how Sunday is usually the day the army usually has an inspection or moves.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                  Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                    • Date Created: 1863-02-21
                    • Description: Topics include news about his father‚Äôs recent marriage, dinner at the home of a Massachusetts family that had been driven off a plantation they owned north of New Orleans, the money owed him by the government, and his speculation in watches.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                    Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                      • Date Created: 1863-05-01
                      • Description: Gale writes a long description of his company‚Äôs role in the Battle of Fort Bisland on April 12th and 13th, and is pleased by General Banks‚Äô praise of the performance of the 8th Vermont Regiment. He also writes of his pleasure at receiving a photograph of Emily Taft of Barre, and his wish that he could have photographs of all his family, though he would be unable to carry them all in his wallet. As well, he writes of picking up Confederate money from a house that was abandoned before the advance of the ‚Äúdamd yankees‚Äù and of seeing rich clothing that he wished he could send home.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence