William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry

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Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War; William Wirt Henry Correspondence

Description: Change of camp location to Monocacy, letters in the mail not catching up with him, getting a new servant named Johnny Cole of Walden, Vt., having Christmas dinner with a local citizen named Trundell a Southerner (perhaps same as Mr. Trundle that Joseph Rutherford helped heal) but who wishes good relations with Union so his chickens & loose property will not be stolen), a slave (contraband) coming into camp & taken as a servant to the Lieut, speculation on who will command the brigade, and that he is in good health.

Subject: Postal service.; Contraband of war.; Slaves.; United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 10th (1862-1865).; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.

Note [Digital Version]: 2013-02-13, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

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