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Subject Topic Merge: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage.   Subject Topic Merge: United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865).   Remove all  

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Miniature of Ransom W. Towle to Family and Friends
Ransom W. Towle to Family and Friends
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    • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
    • Date Created: 1862-01-29
    • Description: Towle writes to parents and friends from Camp Griffin in Virginia about foraging for wood by tearing down fences, desolation of the countryside due to the war, Southerners pretending Union sympathies so as to not be driven from their homes, of the mud, and of making a pipe for smoking from the root of a Laurel tree.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Ransom W. Towle to Parents and Friends
    Ransom W. Towle to Parents and Friends
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      • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
      • Date Created: 1862-05-23
      • Description: Topics include Towle‚Äôs not receiving wages, the high prices of food, poverty in camp, the destruction of the countryside by the Rebels, how the Union soldiers are forbidden to even touch any property, the movement of the regiment in Virginia, and the attitude of the slaves towards the Yankees.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War