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Solomon G. Heaton to Mother
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    • Creator: Heaton, Solomon G.
    • Date Created: 1861-12-25
    • Description: Writes of pleasant, comfortable winter quarters with 16 men to a tent and government supplied stoves ; tells of what food is available and what he had to eat while on picket duty ; very basic food for Thanksgiving ; no usual drill schedule due to it being Christmas Day ; mentions Charley and Lucy ; again reflects on if he lives to return home.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Solomon G. Heaton Correspondence


    Ransom W. Towle to Family
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      • Creator: Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864.
      • Date Created: 1862-01-09
      • Description: Towle writes in some detail of the hardships of and the way foraging expeditions are conducted, of the cold weather, of rumors of a recall of Vermont troops and of news from home.
      • 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: 1862-06-03
        • Description: Writing from in the field near Richmond, Va. topics include a detailed description of Company E at Lees Mills and speaks well of officers (Pingree, Terry). He criticizes a fellow soldier for shirking duty and writes of fighting of the the union and rebel batteries.
        • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Ransom W. Towle Correspondence


        Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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          • Creator: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
          • Date Created: 1862-02-11
          • Description: Topics include the regiment remaining at Camp Griffin and Wilder asking his mother's opinion on him and Merrion entering the regular scouts for five years.
          • 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: 1862-02-13
            • Description: Topics include Wilder getting his army picture taken, his plan to send it to his mother, and a victory at Roanoke Island, No. Carolina (Feb. 8), in which over 2,000 prisoners were taken.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


            [Frankie?] to Mother
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              • Date Created: ?-?-?
              • Description: A poem, "Death of H. H. Wilder," written by Frankie, presumably Wilder's nephew.
              • 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: 1862-04-01
                • Description: Topics include the journey from Alexandria to Newport News.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                  • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                  • Date Created: 1863-07-09
                  • Description: Recounts a long march to Gettysburg and of laying in wait for the enemy, engaged in a skirmish with the Rebels, one brigade left to deal with them and the rest of the men returned to camp where time was spent socializing. Writes some of the Vermont men sent home and states that he is sending letters home via Alf. Olmstead for safekeeping.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                  Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                    • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                    • Date Created: 1863-08-06
                    • Description: Writes his health is good, the weather is hot, the men have a good camp ground and good water close by. States he has received letters from home and tells of the different types of food crops grown in Virginia ; gives his opinion of some men folk at home, of men drafted but who run away and refuse to fight, and sends this letter with no postage stamp as his request for some has not yet been fulfilled.
                    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                    Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                      • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                      • Date Created: 1863-09-07
                      • Description: Williams has left NYC via steamboat, Rip Van Winkle and thought to be on way to Albany, NY ; had a chance to visit with friends ; draft continued with no trouble but threats were made to burn the city if the draft was brought to NYC.
                      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence