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Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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    • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
    • Date Created: 1861-10-22
    • Description: Henry writes of having his military pay make interest, of a fight that had taken place and General Johnston was taken prisoner, of his health being better, of a soldier's discharge due to fever sore on his leg, of a woman named Marion and of a lot of letter writing being done by the soldiers.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


    [Henry Harrison Wilder] to Mother
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      • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
      • Date Created: 1861-11-08
      • Description: Henry writes from Camp Griffin, Virginia of the difficulty of camp life, of Fenton being very ill and taken to Georgetown to the General Hospital.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


      Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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        • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
        • Date Created: 1861-11-11
        • Description: Henry writes a solemn letter about the death from consumption of his tent mate, Adams Potter of Cornwall, of his plans to write to friends and family.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


        Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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          • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
          • Date Created: 1862-01-17
          • Description: Topics include a request for Wilder's mother to send him papers, envelopes, butter, cheese, sausage, and any other essential items.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


          Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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            • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
            • Date Created: 1862-03-13
            • Description: Topics include marching from Camp Griffin to camp near Flint Hill and the news that the regiment will continue on to Washington. This is the beginning of the Peninsula Campaign.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


            Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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              • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
              • Date Created: 1862-03-16
              • Description: Wilder's location is titled "Sesesh Church," in Alexandria. "Sesesh," Wilder's phonetic spelling of "secesh," or "secessionist," suggests that the members of the church were Confederate sympathizers. Mentions Gen. George B. McClellan (recently relieved of his supreme command but still in charge of the Army of the Potomac) and the beginnings of the Peninsula Campaign, which involved patrolling the James and York rivers. Wilder expresses determination to fight for the Union cause.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


              [B. Murray?] to Aunt
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                • Creator: Murray, B.
                • Date Created: 1862-08-09
                • Description: Topics include the army photographs of Wilder being sent to his family.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


                Lyman S. Williams to [Lois L. Williams]
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                  • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                  • Date Created: [1861]-10-25
                  • Description: Topics include the journey from Montpelier to Camp Griffin.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Papers of Lyman S. Williams


                  Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                    • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                    • Date Created: 1862-01-29
                    • Description: Topics include the sick in Essex and at camp, the knee deep mud, and Lyman Williams' plan to send money home.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                    Lyman S. Williams to Parents
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                      • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                      • Date Created: 1862-07-06
                      • Description: Topics include a retreat to the James River (known later as a "great skedaddle," a word that Williams uses here but in the context of not being paid), a fight at Savage's Station, a review by General McClellan, and the men killed and wounded in the fight.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence