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Frederick Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps

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Creator: Holbrook, Frederick.
Date Created: 1861-08-27
Description: Topics include John Wolcott Phelps being promoted to Brigadier General by President Lincoln and the Senate, as well as a state election (held first Tuesday in September) for which Frederick Holbrook is running for governor. Holbrook mentions again his desire to have his son, William, be attached to Phelps.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence

Leavitt Hunt to John Wolcott Phelps

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Creator: Hunt, Leavitt.
Date Created: 1861-10-05
Description: Topics include Mr. Cutts of Brattleboro and Leavitt Hunt asking Gen. John Wolcott Phelps to write a recommendation for a friend who was hoping to receive a Colonelcy position so as to raise a regiment in Vermont. Writer mentions the Army in the Potomac with 80,000 men on the other side of the river. Written from the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence

Frederick Holbrook to John Wolcott Phelps

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Creator: Holbrook, Frederick.
Date Created: 1862-05-02
Description: Topics include the arrival of the 7th and 8th Vermont Regiments at Ship Island, off the coast of Miss., and arrangements with the War Department for wounded troops to be sent home. Holbrook mentions the Battle of Yorktown (April 5-May 4, 1862), esp. the "affair" on April 16 that left ca. 100 Vermont soldiers wounded. Holbrook is in charge of the U.S. Marine Hospital in Burlington, Vt.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Wolcott Phelps Correspondence

Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]

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Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created: 1861-06-19
Description: Topics include his concern about anxiety at home after the Battle of Big Bethel; Farnham's desire to save his letters; domestic financial affairs; names of men in the hospital, and one death (Ph. Lougee); Maj. Worthen has a servant, a young black boy named Pompey Wind.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence

Roswell Farnham to Laura

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Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created: 1861-06-29
Description: Topics include two Louisiana Zouaves who were brought in by Col. Hawkins, accounts of their desertion and capture, rumors of an advancing Confederate force, and the anticipation of an enemy attack that never occurs. .
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence

Benjamin F. Butler to John Wolcott Phelps

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Creator: Butler, Benjamin F.
Date Created: 1861-07-16
Description: Topics include the summoning of Roys Nicholas Colbert and Charles Stepheny to Command General Benjamin F. Butler.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence

Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]

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Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created: 1861-08-14
Description: Topics include a brief description of Camp Phelps and the anticipation of arriving home, writes of cold rainy weather, of dining with Dr. Cummings, with Maj Worthen at the Revere House.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence

John Lester Barstow to ?

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Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
Date Created: 1862-05-18
Description: Comfortable lodgings of the regiment in New Orleans, the cost of food items, and the ruined state of New Orleans when the Vermont Regiment arrived, interaction with the Negroes.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence

John Lester Barstow to Laura

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Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
Date Created: 1863-03-26
Description: Topics include Barstow's sickness, of him sent to New Orleans for rest but ordered back to his regiment as Heitzel's Brigade was to retreat, a very hard rain that flooded the camp, Admiral David Farragut at the siege of Port Hudson (on March 14), the retreat of General Banks and his army to Baton Rouge, his feelings other southern cities will soon fall and he will be going home, burning of the steamer, BioBio and perhaps the burning and loss of the mail with it and requests for photographs.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence

John Lester Barstow to Laura

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Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
Date Created: 1864-01-10
Description: Topics include regiment spending an additional unexpected night in wet and frozen barren camp, damage caused by marching in deep mud, papers accusing Gen. Franklin of being a coward and half-traitor, crossing the Potomac to resupply.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence

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