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Henry A. Smith to Family
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    • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
    • Date Created: 1862-01-25
    • Description: Topics include Henry Smith receiving his payment, a request for some items from home, and the bad weather in Annapolis.
    • 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: 1862-05-27
      • 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


        Henry A. Smith to Family
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          • Creator: Smith, Henry A., d. 1864.
          • Date Created: 1862-08-14
          • Description: Six miles south of Culpeper (Virginia) two letters included dated Aug 15 and Aug 15. Topics include an exchange of fire near the Orange Court House, the numerous rebel deaths, injuries, and prisoners, and another terrible battle at Culpeper with references to Jackson, Banks and John Pope.
          • 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: 1864-01-10
            • Description: Topics include how he is the only one left of his company that has not been exchanged and a list of the items he wants sent to him in a box.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry A. Smith Correspondence


            Benjamin F. Parmenter to Brother
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              • Creator: Parmenter, Benjamin F., 1832-1896.
              • Date Created: 1861-08-08
              • Description: Topics include the regiment being located at Bush Hill Camp, rumors that they may join up with another brigade, more discussion of the 1st Battle of Bull Run, Parmenter's low opinions of the regiments officers,and his disappointment in the treatment of the soldiers.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Correspondence of Benjamin F. Parmenter


              Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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                • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
                • Date Created: 1861-11-17
                • Description: Topics include an expected package from home, lack of military pay, death of three men in the company from the fever, of a father retrieving his son's body..
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford papers


                Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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                  • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
                  • Date Created: [1861]-11-22
                  • Description: Topics include the Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac at Ball's Cross Roads, "Old Abe" to see 75,000 troops, scouting excursion, marching, picket guard, mentions Thanksgiving in Vermont.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford papers


                  Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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                    • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
                    • Date Created: 1861-12-08
                    • Description: Topics include Captain Atherton expected arrival in Cavendish to recruit men for the regiment, the sending of a photograph, reference to Laurence, the daguerreotype man from Chester who will be taking pictures of the 2nd Vermont Regiment.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford papers


                    Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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                      • Creator: Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
                      • Date Created: 1862-03-06
                      • Description: Spafford writes of difficulty of getting postage stamps in the correct amount needed to mail letters home and that the prepared rations ordered for possible march on Feb 27th were consumed in camp.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Spafford Correspondence