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Miniature of George W. Quimby to Emeline B. Masta
George W. Quimby to Emeline B. Masta
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    • Creator: Quimby, George W., 1835-1862.
    • Date Created: 1862-02-10
    • Description: Topics include descriptions of George W. Quimby‚Äôs superior officers, plus an incident that led to the arrest of a commanding officer, who was later exonerated.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, George W. Quimby Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of George W. Quimby to Emeline B. Masta
    George W. Quimby to Emeline B. Masta
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      • Creator: Quimby, George W., 1835-1862.
      • Date Created: 1862-01-20
      • Description: Topics include the terrible weather at Camp Griffin, Va. and the numerous deaths from sicknesses such as Typhoid Fever. "Smith's Division" refers to the Vt. 5th Infantry Regiment under the command of Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, George W. Quimby Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
      Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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        • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
        • Date Created: 1862-04-09
        • Description: Topics include the rebels being strongly fortified at Lee's Mill, the preparations for a hard battle (the month-long siege of Yorktown), and Merrill's sickness. Detailed description of some dead and wounded soldiers.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]
        Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]
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          • Creator: Rutherford, Joseph Chase, 1818-1902.
          • Date Created: 1864-03-02
          • Description: Dr. Almon Clark returns to camp & will lighten Rutherford's work load & help improve his health, dining with Vermont Governor J. Gregory Smith, telling of troop movements & destinations, improving weather, sending money home with instructions to spend it on necessities as military pay is unpredictable, and an enclosing picture of the camp.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Chase Rutherford 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: 1862-03-30
            • Description: Still writing from the Mansion House Hospital, topics include listening to the rattling of the soldiers' swords as they pass on the sidewalk outside the hospital, commenting on the number of regiments going down the river, and news of home.
            • 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: 1863-04-12
              • Description: Topics include preparations to take the field for up to seven days, reflections on what living conditions might be light, what items are being taken, sending music home (Sitting on the Style & Dear Mother, I‚Äôll come home again)
              • 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: 1863-05-16
                • Description: Writing a illustrated letter head stationery in an abandoned home, Spafford writes of guarding the Kettle Run Bridge in Virginia, a brief description of the deserted and burned homes between Manassas Junction and Warrenton Junction, using an old wind mill as a look out tower, the building of block houses for the men allowing them to shoot in all directions, being able to get milk and eggs, having stray dogs stealing fresh beef from the soldiers, inquiries about the draft in Vermont and talk among the men due to be released from the army.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of Justus E. Gale to Family
                Justus E. Gale to Family
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                  • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                  • Date Created: 1862-08-31
                  • Description: Topics include a train crash, confiscating rebel property including horses, cattle, sheep and mules. Writes of having plenty of food on their travel back to camp including dining on lamb. Provided a meal at an old planters house. Mentions Negroes (slaves) and 1500 Blacks at camp, sending troops to Gen. Phelps, the expectation of getting paid, rebels killed in an encounter with the enemy.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  Miniature of Justus F. Gale to Mother
                  Justus F. Gale to Mother
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                    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                    • Date Created: 1862-10-25
                    • Description: Writing to his mother, topics include marching orders to go up the railroad, waiting for a regiment of contrabands from the other side of the river to lead the way on their march, receiving his military pay, and giving his best wishes to his mother.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
                    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                    Miniature of Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
                    Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
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                      • Creator: Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.
                      • Date Created: 1863-05-01
                      • Description: Lyman Barton writes a detailed description of the capture of the Confederate battery at Hill‚Äôs Point on May 19, 1863, when his company and six others from the 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and eight companies of the 89th New York Infantry Regiment boarded the U.S.S. Stepping Stones and traveled up the Nansemond River to assault the rifle pits and fort.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Barton Family Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War