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66 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865). 39 Military camps -- Virginia. 35 Armed Forces -- Officers. 32 Families of military personnel. 30 Food. 29 Camp Douglas (Ill.). 23 Yorktown (Va.). 22 Diseases. 22 Prisoners of war. 22 United States Army -- Military life. 21 Photographs. 17 Horses. 16 Newport (N.C.). 15 Military pay. 13 Chicago (Ill.). 10 Morale. 10 Promotions, Military. 9 Marching. 9 Suffolk (Va.). 9 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. 7 Battle casualties. 7 Draft -- United States. 7 Fort Monroe (Va.). 7 Newspapers. 7 Postal service. 7 Prisoner-of-war camps. 7 Steamboats. 6 Confederate States of America Army. 6 Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. 5 African Americans. 5 Homesickness. 5 Military discipline. 5 Military hospitals. 5 Picketing. 5 Pillage. 5 Religion. 5 Skirmishing. 5 War casualties. 4 African American soldiers. 4 Desertion, Military. 4 Drill and minor tactics. 4 Military camps -- Illinois. 4 Military camps -- North Carolina. 4 New Bern (N.C.). 4 Soldiers -- Alcohol use. 4 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. 3 Contraband of war. 3 Hooker, Joseph 1814-1879. 3 Military camps -- Vermont. 3 Military deserters. 3 Operational rations (Military supplies). 3 Sharpshooters. 3 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. 3 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage. 3 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865). Company B. 3 Winchester (Va.). 3 Wistar, Isaac J. (Isaac Jones) 1827-1905. 2 Children and war. 2 Executions and executioners. 2 Fugitive slaves. 2 Guerrilla warfare. 2 Harpers Ferry (W. Va.). 2 Intrenchments. 2 Love-letters. 2 Meade, George Gordon 1815-1872. 2 Medicine, Military. 2 Military chaplains. 2 Racism. 2 Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe) 1794-1870. 2 Rumor. 2 Soldiers -- Suicidal behavior. 2 Stannard, George Jerrison 1820-1886. 2 Suffolk (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties. 1 Amputation. 1 Baton Rouge (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1862. 1 Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861. 1 Boyd, Belle 1844-1900. 1 Bragg, Braxton 1817-1876. 1 Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1824-1881. 1 Butler, (Benjamin Franklin) Mr 1818-1893. 1 Copperhead movement. 1 Corcoran, Michael 1827-1863. 1 Cowardice. 1 Culpeper County (Va.). 1 Friendly fire (Military science). 1 Hardtack. 1 Hopewell (Va.) -- City Point. 1 Military funerals. 1 Military leaves and furloughs. 1 Morehead City (N.C.). 1 Musicians. 1 Naglee, Henry M. (Henry Morris) 1815-1886. 1 Patent medicines. 1 Pope, John 1822-1892. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke) 1819-1898. 1 Slavery. 1 Slaves. 1 Smith, William Farrar 1824-1903. 1 Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863. 1 Sutlers. 1 Traitors. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military reconnaissance. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. 1 United States Army -- Surgeons. 1 United States Army of the Potomac. 1 Vermont -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1 War -- Psychological aspects.

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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: 1863-03-09
    • Description: Barney writes of how soldiers incarcerated in the guard house organize life while there, mimicking the rules of a regiment, including a ‚ÄúColonel‚Äù (the Bully) who gets his position by fighting other soldiers, of extortion committed, of brutal beatings with one soldier not expected to live. He also describes how a soldier from his company (the 9th) deposed the "Colonel" and himself rose to the rank of ‚ÄúMajor General‚Äù before escaping from camp, of Barney going to church worship, of Gen. Hooker granting furloughs and writes of family members.
    • 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: 1863-04-06
      • Description: Two letters enclosed. Still on the steamer Long Island at Norfolk, Virginia waiting for the rest of the Regiment before moving on, the Regiment traveling a lot seeing the country, contraband items distributed among the officers and men, seeing men harvesting oysters in the river. He also mentions sightseeing in Norfolk, Virginia, buying pants there, and oysters both raw and fried.
      • 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: [1861]-07-14
        • Description: Topics include the dates in which Valentine G. Barney will head home, the arrival of a telegraph wire from Newport News to the fort which will help the officers communicate quickly, the meeting of scouting party with Secessionists, the death of at least one of them, of 10 Union soldiers being taken prisoners and the news that the Fort is ready for use.
        • 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: [1861]-07-18
          • Description: Topics include Valentine G. Barney's improving health, of his wishing to hear news from Swanton, of his newly acquired taste for the plentiful tomatoes that are in the area, of the men wanting to go home.
          • 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: 1862-12-18
            • Description: From Camp Douglas topics include an update on the state of the regiment including men deserting, sick, discharged or joining the regular army, of sending photographs of Bushnell, Cleveland and of himself home to Maria, of Lt Sherman in camp, the loss of 13,000 Union men from Burnside‚Äôs army in recent battles, of thousands of paroled prisoners in Annapolis thus Barney needing to stay at camp through the holidays.
            • 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: 1862-08-24
              • Description: Topics include the arrival of a package from home that included much needed boots, hospital care by Southern women to southern soldiers far better than to the Union men hospitalized, the men of Virginia who are afraid to support the Union cause openly for fear it will fail, drunkenness among the soldiers, reference to Lamondy (or La'Mondy) death, the deaths in the regiment since leaving Clouds Mills, receives newspapers.
              • 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: 1863-01-26
                • Description: Still at Camp Douglas with the Regiment remaining in Chicago to guard 1500 expected Rebel prisoners from Arkansas, good supper on tin dishes, getting teased about writing to his wife so frequently, the reported resignation of a brother of Lieut. Sherman in Company C because he was passed over for promotion, love 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: 1863-09-05
                  • Description: Barney writes that his health has improved, there are 130 men on the sick list but little death. He also allays his wife‚Äôs fear that he is drinking, assures her that the officers of the 9th are not drinking men, that he is still in charge of the regiment as Col. Ripley is still on the examining board, of being hungry for milk & hopes Maria will get a barn.
                  • 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: 1863-10-15
                    • Description: Brief letter informing his wife that the Regiment has not yet moved, though there was a second order to board a steamer that was again countermanded. He also writes that he is expecting his box of clothing, which he needs, as his current shirts are too small.
                    • 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: 1863-10-19
                      • Description: Barney writes that the Regiment has still not moved and he is very anxious that they do so, though the sickness in the Regiment is abating a little. Mentions several names of men (Col. [James Wolfe] Ripley, H. Meigs, Sartwell, Dr. Carpenter & Bellrose). He also writes of the arrival of another colored regiment and of the efforts of General William F. ‚ÄúBaldy‚Äù Smith in getting the Regiment moved. As well he writes of target shooting with his brother Lester and some of the other officers and nearly shooting himself in the leg while reloading.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War