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Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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    • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
    • Date Created: 1863-11-30
    • Description: Barney writes of wishing his wife happy birthday, commenting on how much older he looks now, of his happiness at receiving the box containing larger shirts, of his appreciation at receiving a ‚Äúlove letter‚Äù tucked in one of the pockets and writes of the rumor of the fall of Charlestown.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


    Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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      • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
      • Date Created: 1863-12-21
      • Description: Barney writes that he is not in his house (winter quarters) yet, but hopes to be shortly, as the weather is getting colder. He also writes that he has a new ‚ÄúDarkey‚Äù servant named John Franklin, as the last man had a wife in Yorktown and didn‚Äôt want to stay at Newport Barracks. Wants a pair of boots made by D. Heher and asks if the $200 sent to Maria is received.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


      Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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        • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
        • Date Created: 1864-01-01
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


        Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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          • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
          • Date Created: 1864-02-09
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


          Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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            • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
            • Date Created: 1864-02-12
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


            Hiram H. Barton to Melissa Barton
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              • Creator: Barton, Hiram H., 1836-1903.
              • Date Created: 1861-12-15
              • Description: Topics include the number of men in the Regiment, the clothes they received for the first six months, and a description of the barracks.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Barton Family Correspondence


              Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton
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                • Creator: Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.
                • Date Created: 1863-05-01
                • Description: Lyman Barton writes a detailed description of the capture of the Confederate battery at Hill‚Äôs Point on May 19, 1863, when his company and six others from the 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and eight companies of the 89th New York Infantry Regiment boarded the U.S.S. Stepping Stones and traveled up the Nansemond River to assault the rifle pits and fort.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Barton Family Correspondence


                Justus F. Gale to [Family]
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                  • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                  • Date Created: 1862-02-19
                  • Description: Writing from Brattleboro topics include drilling, a few companies being sworn into the United States service, Justus Gale‚Äôs health improving from a brief cold, mentions "rag" hash soup, boiled beef & potatoes, news of family members and the snow at camp.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                  Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                    • Date Created: 1862-05-22
                    • Description: Topics include trying to figure out where letters may have gone missing, letters taking several weeks to arrive, not receiving the Green Mountain Freeman, the lack of details about the taking of New Orleans, and Justus Gale being on guard last night.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


                    Justus F. Gale to Sister
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                      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
                      • Date Created: 1863-06-19
                      • Description: Gale writes of the second assault on Port Hudson on June 14th, describing the rough ground they had to cover to get in range, and the number of killed and wounded in the regiment. He also comments that on the day his mother traveled to Morrisville, he was out hunting ‚Äúgraybacks,‚Äù and that while some complain of the conditions in the army, they are the ones who hadn‚Äôt been ‚Äúweaned‚Äù yet.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence