Lyman Barton to Melissa Barton

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Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War; Barton Family Correspondence

Description: Lyman Barton writes of his return to his regiment after spending time at home on sick leave. He also writes of two men being shot for desertion from his regiment, one from his own company. Both men were drafted and he tells the story of the wife of one man coming to camp after his execution, of her being told the news of his death by the company cook, of Portsmouth newspaper reports on Gen Grant and Gen Meade's capture of Rebel prisoners, of comfortable tent to live in with stove.

Subject: Desertion, Military.; Draft -- United States.; Executions and executioners.; Newspapers.; Meade George Gordon 1815-1872.; Reporters and reporting.; Grant Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885.; Tents.

Note [Digital Version]: 2013-03-15, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

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