Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
Title - Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
Creator - Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
Date Created - [1862]-10-12
Description - Topics include receiving $10 from his father, the food supplies at camp, the health of the regiment which includes many men with jaundice, morale of the men, mentions telling his wife army life would be better than he knew it would be in order for her to feel better about letting him be in the military, reporting 2 of his men as deserters to Head Quarters, the false reports written in the papers and mentions prisoner of war camp Camp Douglas.
Subject - Diseases.
- Families of military personnel.
- Food.
- Military deserters.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoner-of-war camps.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
- Armed Forces -- Officers.
- Desertion, Military.
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2012-02-07, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 2/7/2012 5:13:31 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsBarneyValentine43
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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