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11 Military camps -- Virginia. 10 Battle casualties. 10 Prisoners of war. 10 United States Army -- Military life. 7 Horses. 7 Skirmishing. 6 Confederate States of America Army. 5 Armed Forces -- Officers. 5 Military pay. 5 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 4 Families of military personnel. 4 Marching. 4 Military camps -- Maryland. 3 Guerrilla warfare. 3 Picketing. 3 PopeJohn 1822-1892. 3 Vermont -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 2 BanksNathaniel Prentiss 1816-1894. 2 Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862. 2 Diseases. 2 Food. 2 Homesickness. 2 McClellanGeorge Brinton 1826-1885. 2 Morale. 2 MosbyJohn Singleton 1833-1916. 2 Postal service. 2 Prisoner-of-war camps. 2 Rumor. 1 African Americans. 1 BurnsideAmbrose Everett 1824-1881. 1 Children and war. 1 Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. 1 Culpeper County (Va.). 1 Fort Monroe (Va.). 1 Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. 1 JacksonStonewall 1824-1863. 1 Military discipline. 1 Military hospitals. 1 Military leaves and furloughs. 1 Military maneuvers. 1 Operational rations (Military supplies). 1 Photographs. 1 Promotions, Military. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Richmond (Va.). 1 Slavery -- United States -- History. 1 StoughtonEdwin H. (Edwin Henry) 1838-1868. 1 StuartJeb 1833-1864. 1 Sutlers. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Juvenile. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. 1 War -- Economic aspects. 1 War casualties. 1 Winchester, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862 (May 25).

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Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
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
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
    Henry A. Smith to Family
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      • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
      • Date Created: 1862-06-27
      • Description: Topics include the journey from Williamsport to Snickers Ferry on the Shenandoah River, mentions by name men missing from the Company, mentions horses in battle, of his horse having had very little to eat, the rumor that General Pope is going to take control of the army, Gen. Fremont resigning, Gen. Banks to be Assistant Sec. of War, and the Quarter Master Old Jones & Lieutenant Grover's waiter being taken prisoners.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
      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
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
        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
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
          Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Clarissa A. Smith
          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
            Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
            Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Friends
            Henry A. Smith to Friends
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              • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
              • Date Created: 1861-11-16
              • Description: Topics include the snow in Burlington and the difficulties caused by the weather.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Correspondence of Henry A. Smith
              Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
              Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
              Henry A. Smith to Family
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                • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                • Date Created: 1861-12-25
                • Description: Topics include the journey to Washington and rations.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Correspondence of Henry A. Smith
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
                Henry A. Smith to Family
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                  • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                  • Date Created: 1862-01-25
                  • Description: Topics include Henry Smith receiving his payment, a request for some items from home, and the bad weather in Annapolis.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
                  Henry A. Smith to Family
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                    • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                    • Date Created: 1862-05-27
                    • Description: From Williams Post, Maryland Smith writes 2 letters one dated May 27 and one May 28. (First Battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862). Topics include a terrible battle in and near Winchester in which he escaped injury, of many men from the regiment being lost but many returning to camp the next day, rebels suffering great losses, mentions General Shields, General Fremont and General Banks, cautions given to his siblings at home regarding being in and near the water.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence
                    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                    Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
                    Henry A. Smith to Family
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                      • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                      • Date Created: 1862-07-05
                      • Description: From Snickers Ferry on the Shenandoah River topics include news from Richmond, rumor that Stonewall Jackson was killed, having enough to eat including local peaches & cherries found in Virginia, horses well fed, men on picket duty, newspaper report that General McClellan taken prisoner along with 40,000 of his men, and Henry Smith's homesickness.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War