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Justus F. Gale to Brother
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    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
    • Date Created: 1862-01-24
    • Description: Two letters in one dated Jan 24th and Jan 26th. Topics include the expectation that the war will end in a couple of months, waiting for military pay, anxious to hear from home, Sergeant U. A. Woodbury drilling the company, the stormy weather at camp, the bad food being served except for good bread from a local bakery, the good health of Gale and of him sending a picture in this letter.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


    Justus F. Gale to Brother
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      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
      • Date Created: 1862-03-01
      • Description: Topics include the improvement of Justus Gale‚Äôs health, over $60 of military pay sent home, trading for a watch and the anticipated journey to New York and then on to Ship Island, Mississippi.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


      Justus F. Gale to [Family]
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        • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
        • Date Created: [1862-04]
        • Description: Topics include lyrics to a song that is sung while marching.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


        Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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          • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
          • Date Created: 1864-03-19
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


          Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
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            • Creator: Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.
            • Date Created: 1863-06-28
            • Description: Lyman Barton describes a turntable built for a Confederate railway gun which was captured before it was operational. He also writes of an attack of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry led by Colonel Spear near Hanover Court House, during which General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was captured.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Barton Family Correspondence


            Justus F. Gale to Brother
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              • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
              • Date Created: 1863-01-04
              • Description: Topics include a sore on his hand, getting photographs of the family made, his opinion of Captain Luman M. Grout and mention of Grout‚Äôs appreciation of Southern ladies, and rumors that Vicksburg has been taken.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


              William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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                • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
                • Date Created: 1862-11-02
                • Description: Writes as cannon fire shakes the ground in camp, speculates that this a big battle (There was a naval assault on Fort McAllister), reflects on hoping this battle will help end the war, is acting Lt. Col., wonders who might replace him as major, sickness in camp, and family matters including receiving photographs of his wife.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


                William Wirt Henry to John Henry
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                  • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
                  • Date Created: 1862-09-11
                  • Description: Writing from Camp Chase, Va. topics include the death of Henry's sister Katie and the journey to Camp from Brattleboro, aboard the train to New Haven, on the steamer Continental to New York, on to Philadelphia and then to Baltimore and finally Washington, D.C. and on to his camp just beyond Fairfax, Va.under the command of Brig. Gen. Briggs of MA
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


                  Henry A. Smith to Family
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                    • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                    • Date Created: 1862-05-27
                    • Description: From Williams Post, Maryland Smith writes 2 letters one dated May 27 and one May 28. (First Battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862). Topics include a terrible battle in and near Winchester in which he escaped injury, of many men from the regiment being lost but many returning to camp the next day, rebels suffering great losses, mentions General Shields, General Fremont and General Banks, cautions given to his siblings at home regarding being in and near the water.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence


                    Henry A. Smith to Family
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                      • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
                      • Date Created: 1862-07-05
                      • Description: From Snickers Ferry on the Shenandoah River topics include news from Richmond, rumor that Stonewall Jackson was killed, having enough to eat including local peaches & cherries found in Virginia, horses well fed, men on picket duty, newspaper report that General McClellan taken prisoner along with 40,000 of his men, and Henry Smith's homesickness.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence