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Miniature of John Lester Barstow to Laura
John Lester Barstow to Laura
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    • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
    • Date Created: 1862-05-11
    • Description: Being aboard the ship ‚ÄúJamis Hovey‚Äù on the Mississippi River on the way to New Orleans, the difficulty of the journey from Ship Island to New Orleans, and the initial observations upon the arrival in New Orleans.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Justus F. Gale to Brother
    Justus F. Gale to Brother
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      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
      • Date Created: 1862-03-01
      • Description: Topics include the improvement of Justus Gale‚Äôs health, over $60 of military pay sent home, trading for a watch and the anticipated journey to New York and then on to Ship Island, Mississippi.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of John Lester Barstow to Laura
      John Lester Barstow to Laura
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        • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
        • Date Created: 1862-05-03
        • Description: Topics include an overview of the daily schedule in camp, firing on Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philips by General Butler, General Phelps, and about 10,000 men that lasted for three days, and orders for the rest of the regiment to head for New Orleans.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
        William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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          • Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
          • Date Created: 1862-04-06
          • Description: Writing to his father (Gov. Holbrook) topics include arriving at Ship Harbor Island by Ship Brenner, a description of the islands that included coconut trees, meeting with Gen. Butler and Gen. Phelps, and the location of David Dixon Porter‚Äôs fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
          Miniature of Justus E. Gale to Father
          Justus E. Gale to Father
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            • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
            • Date Created: 1862-03-28
            • Description: Two letters one dated March 28th and one April 6th.Topics include a description of the journey to Ship Island, Mississippi, being seasick, about the food and hard bread, poor quality water and little of it, writes of his faith in God and his sighting of the island.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
            Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
            Miniature of Frederick Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
            Frederick Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
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              • Creator: Holbrook, Frederick.
              • Date Created: 1862-03-06
              • Description: In his letter to General Phelps, Frederick Holbrook, Governor of Vermont (1861-1863), expresses his admiration for several Union officers from Vermont and his pride in the 8th Vt. Regiment. He informs the general that two infantry regiments and two artillery companies are ready to serve. (This is about one month before the Union attack on New Orleans, launched in part from Ship Island, just off the coast of Mississippi.) Holbrook explains that they would have been sent a month earlier "had Government been ready with funds." He looks forward to seeing Phelps again after the war.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence
              Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
              Miniature of William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
              William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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                • Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
                • Date Created: 1862-05-09
                • Description: Topics include working with the naval forces to occupy Fort Pike, La. which fell April 27, 1862. Holbrook describes the fort, the artillery left behind, and the process for allowing vessels to pass by this strategic entrance to Lake Pontchartrain, at New Orleans.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of John Lester Barstow to ?
                John Lester Barstow to ?
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                  • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
                  • Date Created: 1862-05-18
                  • Description: Comfortable lodgings of the regiment in New Orleans, the cost of food items, and the ruined state of New Orleans when the Vermont Regiment arrived, interaction with the Negroes.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  Miniature of Francis C. Williams to Frederick Holbrook
                  Francis C. Williams to Frederick Holbrook
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                    • Creator: Williams, Francis C.
                    • Date Created: 1862-04-25
                    • Description: Topics include the regiment being situated at Camp on Ship Island, the establishment of (religious?) services on Tuesdays, and the intellectual capacity of the men of the Vermont regiments.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence
                    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                    Miniature of Justus F. Gale to Brother
                    Justus F. Gale to Brother
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                      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                      • Date Created: 1862-04-24
                      • Description: Two letters dated April 24th and 25th. Topics include the capture of Fort Jackson(?) ; fort south of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, [battle April 18-28], the food at camp good except greasy pork meat, and the schedule for the day including battalion drills and dress parade.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War