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William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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    • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
    • Date Created: 1862-09-20
    • Description: Topics include reflecting on Katie's death and William Henry being in command of five companies and five miles of the Potomac River along Seneca Creek.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


    William Wirt Henry to James Edwin Henry
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      • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
      • Date Created: 1863-09-11
      • Description: Quiet now, no action, just picket and drill. Also this letter to his brother, James Edwin Henry, discusses an advertisement for a patent medicine sold by his business in Vermont that is causing problems for their surgeon Dr. Willard A. Childe, and asking that the advertisement be removed. He also writes of a soldier named Justin (possibly Justin Carter), the difficulty he has had in keeping him from being cashiered and of praise from General Meade.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


      Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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        • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
        • Date Created: [1862]-03-05
        • Description: From Camp Griffin, Towle writes of a brigade and bayonet drill, the increasing number of sick men with the death count for the regiment at 77, and of the monotony of camp life.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


        Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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          • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
          • Date Created: 1862-04-06
          • Description: Towle writes from near Yorktown and of firing upon and taking a Rebel fortification at Young's Mills with little resistance from the enemy. He writes a soldier was wounded soldier who was from the Rutland Company, 5th Regiment. The troops also marched to a well fortified encampment of the enemy. He was also in battle, men killed and wounded and the troops had difficulties with moving the artillery as the ground is march and swamp.
          • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


          Ransom W. Towle to Friends
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            • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
            • Date Created: 1862-06-08
            • Description: Writing seven miles from Richmond, Virginia topics include the mention of the Chickahominy River, a prediction of a battle and a description of skirmishes.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


            Ransom W. Towle to [Family and Friends]
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              • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
              • Date Created: 1862-06-16
              • Description: Writing from the field topics include cleaning up the streets of Richmond, Va., Rebel and Union pickets conversing and trading bread and whiskey, the hot weather causing Sun Stroke, and building bridges and shoring up roads to ease the difficulty of moving the heavy artillery on the soft roads.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


              Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                • Date Created: 1862-01-21
                • Description: Veazey expresses his deep passion and love for his wife, Julia, writes about his picket duty last night in deep mud, possible movement of the Regiment, and officers‚Äô wives.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


                Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                  • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                  • Date Created: 1862-02-02
                  • Description: Veazey writes of his recent time spent with Julia, his wife, how the muddy conditions at camp would be enough to discourage men from enlisting, troubles with his "nig" servant that Veazey "sent him adrift", and his love for Julia.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


                  Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                    • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1862-02-11
                    • Description: Veazey writes of his love for his wife Julia, refers to her being away from home on a visit, anxiety about her friends while away and wonders if Mrs. A. (i.e. Mrs. Atherton) is having an influence on her behavior.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence


                    Wheelock G. Veazey to Julia A. Veazey
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                      • Creator: Veazey, Wheelock G., 1835-1898.
                      • Date Created: 1861-08-25
                      • Description: Topics include Wheelock G. Veazey being in command of the Regiment for about a week, scouting Virginia, and General Smith making recommendations for Lt. Col. Hyde to be promoted to Col. and Wheelock G. Veazey to be promoted to Lt. Col.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Wheelock Graves Veazey Correspondence