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41 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865). 20 Military camps -- Virginia. 16 United States Army -- Military life. 11 Armed Forces -- Officers. 9 Morale. 7 Diseases. 7 War casualties. 5 Drill and minor tactics. 5 Food. 4 Military hospitals. 3 Battle casualties. 3 Culpeper County (Va.). 3 Families of military personnel. 3 Military leaves and furloughs. 3 Picketing. 3 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. 3 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties. 3 Vermont -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 2 Burlington (Vt.). 2 Fort Monroe (Va.). 2 Marching. 2 Military pay. 2 Postal service. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. 1 Butler(Benjamin Franklin) Mr 1818-1893. 1 Carver General Hospital (Washington, D.C.). 1 Draftees. 1 Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862. 1 Freedmen. 1 HancockWinfield Scott 1824-1886. 1 Homesickness. 1 Intrenchments. 1 McClellan George Brinton 1826-1885. 1 McClellanGeorge Brinton 1826-1885. 1 Military discharge. 1 Military discipline. 1 Operational rations (Military supplies). 1 Pillage. 1 Prisoners of war. 1 Promotions, Military. 1 Recruiting and enlistment. 1 Slaves. 1 Steamboats. 1 Sutlers. 1 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866). 1 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866). Company C. 1 United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). 1 Women in war.

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Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Homer White
Joseph Spafford to Homer White
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    • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
    • Date Created: 1862-04-29
    • Description: Now in Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. topics include military discharge, plans to meet Homer White in New York City and the wounding of Captain Atherton.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence
    Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
    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: 1862-02-02
      • Description: Towle writes of missing his newspaper and his wish to remain informed on both foreign and army news and of some of the men's morale writing home about the hardships of war and a desire to see it end. He writes of Col. Stoughton resignation, of officers' wives attending the camp's religious service and how the service differs from the traditional church worship.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
      Miniature of Henry L. Terry to John W. Campbell
      Henry L. Terry to John W. Campbell
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        • Creator: Terry, Henry L., 1820-1885.
        • Date Created: 1861-10-21
        • Description: Topics include encamping at Lee's Mill, twelve miles from Washington, close to the Rebels.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John W. Campbell correspondence
        Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
        Miniature of Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford
        Joseph Spafford to Marianne Spafford
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          • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
          • Date Created: 1862-03-29
          • Description: Writing to his mother from the Mansion House Hospital topics include being left behind by the Regiment due to his illness, impossibility of getting a furlough, number of men from the 4th Vermont in the hospital, Ellsworth‚Äôs house, and possibility of being sent to another hospital.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford 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
            Miniature of Ransom W. Towle to Sebra Towle
            Ransom W. Towle to Sebra Towle
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              • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
              • Date Created: 1862-01-05
              • Description: Towle writes from his Virginia camp to his mother about his thankfulness for the gift of a thick quilt. He writes in detail of boots he wants made, of his thoughts on what it would mean if there was an intervention of England, and his tent mates doing mundane domestic tasks of writing letters and mending clothing.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
              Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
              Miniature of W. C. Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
              W. C. Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps
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                • Creator: Holbrook, W. C.
                • Date Created: 1861-11-25
                • Description: Topics include Lt. W. C. Holbrook of the 4th Vermont Regiment planning to meet Brig. Gen. John Wolcott Phelps at Old Point but must wait for orders from Gen. McClellan first.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence
                Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                Miniature of Ransom W. Towle to Rufus and Sebra Towle
                Ransom W. Towle to Rufus and Sebra Towle
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                  • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
                  • Date Created: 1862-01-11
                  • Description: Towle writes from his Virginia camp to his parents about drill, military life, resignation of officers due to being unfit physically or mentally, of still needing new boots, illness, and his positive opinion of Colonel Stoughton.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence
                  Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
                  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 Bradford Sparrow to Alner D. Sparrow
                    Bradford Sparrow to Alner D. Sparrow
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                      • Creator: Sparrow, Bradford.
                      • Date Created: 1863-09-01
                      • Description: Topics include marching from Burlington to Long Island, conscripts, waiting for the remaining 59 men before going to join the 4th regiment, very basic tent accommodations, meals given and Charles Stoddard's error while restocking guns which has led to reducing ranks.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Bradford Sparrow Correspondence
                      Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War