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Subject Topic Merge: Military camps -- Virginia.   Subject Topic Merge: United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1863).   Remove all  

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Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Homer White
Joseph Spafford to Homer White
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    • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
    • Date Created: 1863-01-18
    • Description: Writes of being in the military for 9 months and not knowing what the future will bring, of moving from Camp Vermont to Fairfax Court House, of having done picket duties at Bull Run, of doing drills, writes of the personality of a man named Az as well as mentioning other men he is with, of the promotion of George Clark to 2nd Lieutenant in Company D.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford
    Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford
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      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
      • Date Created: 1862-11-24
      • Description: Writing from Camp Vermont, topics include a copy of Joseph Spafford‚Äôs accounts of camp life from November 10th until November 24th written on stationery with a beautiful color illustration of Richmond, Virginia. Mentions the orphan boys wanting to go along with the soldiers have run away.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
      Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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        • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
        • Date Created: 1862-11-09
        • Description: Writing from Camp Seward near Alexandria, Virginia, topics include a copy of Joseph Spafford‚Äôs accounts of camp life from October 24th until November 9th, 1862 with a note that he burns the letters he receives. Writes about tents, gunfire heard from a battle a distance away, on leave to visit Washington, D.C., liking his boy Daniel McAuliffe age 13 and wanting to take him with him to Vermont when the 9 months are up.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
        Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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          • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
          • Date Created: 1863-03-13
          • Description: Time doing battalion drills, the capture of Stoughts, Rebels capturing Brig. Gen without a gunshot, digging pits, inquiries about a letter that perhaps was inappropriate with questions about who wrote it & how disgruntled privates can give misconceptions, and a few officers in Company E becoming intoxicated.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
          Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
          Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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            • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
            • Date Created: [1862]-11-19
            • Description: Topics include rumors that the 15th and 16th regiments may move to New York and go with the Texas Expedition, the health of the regiment and the matter of shipping a tub of butter to Spafford.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
            Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
            Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
            Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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              • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
              • Date Created: 1863-02-21
              • Description: Topics include how often to write, of not getting a letter Mary Jane says she wrote, the snowy and rainy weather, Williams and the Captains poor health, a trip to Washington, Joseph‚Äôs clothing, the resignation of the 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, and Joseph‚Äôs good health.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
              Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
              Miniature of Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
              Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                • Date Created: 1863-03-28
                • Description: The regiment is at at Union Mills, Va., Wheelock's health is good, the puppy Jeff is giving him much pleasure and good company, and he is excited to return home to experience the love and happiness of his family.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
                Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                  • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                  • Date Created: 1863-02-02
                  • Description: Wheelock‚Äôs comments on his wife's habit of being away from home visiting while pregnant, refers to the snowy and rainy weather in camp, mentions he intends to make a trip to Washington and nothing much happening in camp, even too muddy to drill.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  Miniature of Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
                  Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                    • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1863-02-20
                    • Description: Topics include forgiving his wife, the snow and rain, and the ill health of the men in camp, they being careless after being sick and men dying, not concerned about the gender of the baby.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence
                    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                    Miniature of Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
                    Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                      • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                      • Date Created: 1863-03-24
                      • Description: Has received a photograph of Julia, his wife, in her furs, he inquires about her growing size due to her pregnancy, hearing good things about the city of Rutland, Vt, the expectation of moving there after the war and set up an office with a partner named Proctor, and the move of the regiment to Union Mills.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War