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Miniature of A. [G.] Browne to John Wolcott Phelps
A. [G.] Browne to John Wolcott Phelps
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    • Creator: Browne, A. G.
    • Date Created: 1861-10-29
    • Description: Topics include Lt. Col. A. G. Browne requesting Brig. Gen. John Wolcott Phelps' assistance in forwarding letters to Lieutenant Charles L. Pierson, Adjutant of the Massachusetts 20th Regiment who was taken prisoner along with Colonel Lee and Major Revere. Mentions Col. Lee and Major Revere, the battle of the 21st near Leesburg and flags of truce.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    Miniature of Charles H. Blinn Civil War Diary, 1861-1862
    Charles H. Blinn Civil War Diary, 1861-1862
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      • Creator: Blinn, Charles Henry, 1843-1926.
      • Date Created: 1861-1862
      • Description: Charles Henry Blinn was born in Burlington, Vt. on January 27, 1843 to Chauncey and Edatha/Editha (Harrington) Blinn. He was educated in Vermont and was preparing to enter the University of Vermont when he entered the army. In September 21, 1861, Blinn enlisted in the 1st Vt. Cavalry. He was attached to Sheridan’s Cavalry Corps, and participated in a number of battles, including Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Winchester, and Cedar Creek. His regiment captured forty-two cannon at Cedar Creek, the largest number taken by any regiment during the war. Blinn was wounded and taken prisoner at Middletown, Va. on May 24, 1862, in a cavalry charge led by General Banks, and was held at Lynchburg and Belle Island, Va. from May 25 to September 17. After three years and four months of service, he was honorably discharged at Burlington in November 18, 1864. After the war, Blinn was chief clerk for two years at the Welden House in St. Albans, Vt. He moved to California in 1868, and for six years was employed with the Wells-Fargo Express Co. In 1875, he became an editorial writer of the “Alta California.” In 1878, he was appointed chief permit clerk in the San Francisco Custom House, a position he held until his death on May 11, 1926. On December 15, 1870, Blinn married Nellie Holbrook of Salem, NH. Nellie (d. 1909) was a suffragist and public speaker, and took the stump for Hayes, Garfield, Blaine, and Harrison. The couple had one son, Holbrook (1872-1928), who pursued a career in acting and performed on Broadway as well as in silent films. In October 8, 1910, Blinn married Vivian Bailey (d. 1944), a grammar school teacher, with whom he had one daughter, Eleanor. Topics in Blinn’s diaries include the experiences of Union soldiers in camp, on the battlefield, and as prisoners of war in Confederate prisons; the experiences of Southerners in Union-occupied towns, illness and medical practices in the military, and the Battle of Gettysburg.
      • Parent Collections: Diaries
      Part of: Diaries
      Miniature of Charles H. Blinn Civil War Diary, 1862-1864
      Charles H. Blinn Civil War Diary, 1862-1864
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        • Creator: Blinn, Charles Henry, 1843-1926.
        • Date Created: 1862-1864
        • Description: Charles Henry Blinn was born in Burlington, Vt. on January 27, 1843 to Chauncey and Edatha/Editha (Harrington) Blinn. He was educated in Vermont and was preparing to enter the University of Vermont when he entered the army. In September 21, 1861, Blinn enlisted in the 1st Vt. Cavalry. He was attached to Sheridan’s Cavalry Corps, and participated in a number of battles, including Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Winchester, and Cedar Creek. His regiment captured forty-two cannon at Cedar Creek, the largest number taken by any regiment during the war. Blinn was wounded and taken prisoner at Middletown, Va. on May 24, 1862, in a cavalry charge led by General Banks, and was held at Lynchburg and Belle Island, Va. from May 25 to September 17. After three years and four months of service, he was honorably discharged at Burlington in November 18, 1864. After the war, Blinn was chief clerk for two years at the Welden House in St. Albans, Vt. He moved to California in 1868, and for six years was employed with the Wells-Fargo Express Co. In 1875, he became an editorial writer of the “Alta California.” In 1878, he was appointed chief permit clerk in the San Francisco Custom House, a position he held until his death on May 11, 1926. On December 15, 1870, Blinn married Nellie Holbrook of Salem, NH. Nellie (d. 1909) was a suffragist and public speaker, and took the stump for Hayes, Garfield, Blaine, and Harrison. The couple had one son, Holbrook (1872-1928), who pursued a career in acting and performed on Broadway as well as in silent films. In October 8, 1910, Blinn married Vivian Bailey (d. 1944), a grammar school teacher, with whom he had one daughter, Eleanor. Topics in Blinn’s diaries include the experiences of Union soldiers in camp, on the battlefield, and as prisoners of war in Confederate prisons; the experiences of Southerners in Union-occupied towns, illness and medical practices in the military, and the Battle of Gettysburg.
        • Parent Collections: Diaries
        Part of: Diaries
        Miniature of Henry A. Smith to Family
        Henry A. Smith to Family
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          • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
          • Date Created: 1863-10-23
          • Description: Topics include his hope to be released soon and his wish for news about the farm and the fall harvest.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence
          Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
          Miniature of Justus F. Gale to Sister
          Justus F. Gale to Sister
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            • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
            • Date Created: 1862-11-18
            • Description: Topics include the being saddened by the ill health of his family in Elmore, enjoying good health himself, troops living in an apparently abandoned house in Bayou Boeuf, La., the parole of the prisoners who are still alive (not clear but these may be Union soldiers taken prisoners as some were shot for running from their army and joining a Union regiment), the movement of the army on the Potomac and still unable to get a photograph of himself taken.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
            Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
            Miniature of Orlando S. Turner to Joseph and Louisa A. Turner
            Orlando S. Turner to Joseph and Louisa A. Turner
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              • Creator: Turner, Orlando S., b. 1839.
              • Date Created: 1861-07-26
              • Description: Topics include a brief account of the first Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia. Writes of the bravery of the soldiers, casualties and men killed, of his opinion that the officers were afraid to go where the soldiers were, damage to the American flag.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Civil War letters of Orlando S. Turner
              Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
              Miniature of Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
              Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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                • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
                • Date Created: 1862-11-07
                • Description: Topics include the continued improvement of Barney‚Äôs health, having his attendant return to camp, his thinking of applying for a furlough to return home when he feels stronger, his outrage at the government for the continued poor living conditions for the men at camp in the sheds, his asking for more money from home and the lack of military pay the soldiers have received.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
                Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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                  • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
                  • Date Created: 1862-12-10
                  • Description: From Camp Douglas topics include the continued improvement of Barney‚Äôs health, being busy with issues with the company including low morale and discipline, the good weather in Chicago and having received a photo of Maria.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  Miniature of Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
                  Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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                    • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
                    • Date Created: 1863-03-06
                    • Description: Camp guard house cleaned and fixed up so that the guards can rest when off the relief, how his company is eager to learn bayonet drill, what effect the draft will have on filling up his company, information on members of his company, inquiries about family, sending another photograph and speaks of letters to his daughter Carrie and son Fred.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
                    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                    Miniature of Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
                    Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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                      • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
                      • Date Created: 1862-09-27
                      • Description: While in transport Barney writes of heading for Chicago along with others as prisoners, states he had a good breakfast that included much relished butter, speculates they are being moved West as it is cheaper than keeping them East, thinks they will not be exchanged any time soon, feels humiliated to be sold but proud of having done his duty. States the arrest of all the officers in the brigade except Colonel Stannard who has taken command. Mentions photographs he is sending home.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War