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Lyman S. Willams to Lois L. Williams
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    • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
    • Date Created: 1862-07-09
    • Description: Topics include the camp being shelled twice, the regiment camping on the east bank of the James River, the losses in both armies, and the regiment being reviewed by President Lincoln.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


    Lyman S. Willams to Lois L. Williams
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      • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
      • Date Created: 1862-07-27
      • Description: Topics include the quietness of camp near Harrisons Landing, a church service that Lyman Williams attended, and the food Lyman misses from home.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


      Lyman S. Williams to Caroline Williams
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        • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
        • Date Created: 1861-11-16
        • Description: Topics include the comforts of camp life.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Papers of Lyman S. Williams


        Lyman S. Williams to Carrie A. Williams
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          • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
          • Date Created: 1864-11-13
          • Description: Topics include moving camp towards Winchester, Virginia, a Confederate attack on the picket lines resulting in rebel prisoners, captured artillery & ammunition trains, receiving his commission as 1st Lieutenant of Company I, and his happiness that President Abraham Lincoln was re-elected.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


          Lyman S. Williams to Family
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            • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
            • Date Created: 1863-12-04
            • Description: Writes of receiving a box from home with food and much needed clothing. He hears of fighting in Tennessee and Kentucky.
            • 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: 1863-08-22
              • Description: Writing from New York City, Williams recounts trip via train and steamboat from Warrenton, Va to the city. Purpose of the trip is thought to be to enforce the draft. Accident involving the steamboat and a schooner en route resulted in two men killed and one lost overboard. Military pay received spent partly on weapons to give to the officers out of respect.
              • 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: 1863-12-06
                • Description: Letter to sister Lois about his great appreciation of receiving letters from home and their importance to him ; relates the men's hard march, camping in the the field, hardships endured including having little food to eat, of no complaints from the men regardless ; a bit of home gossip.
                • 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: 1864-02-14
                  • Description: Writes of returning to the regiment after a visit home, the warm welcome of his fellow soldiers and the visits he received, how lonesome he feels for his family, and how grateful he is to the kindness shown by his family to Mary Gorton, now Mary Williams. He also writes of a case of measles in the regiment.
                  • 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: 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