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14 Civil War Letters with stamped envelopes Some with patriotic stationary. All of the letters are in excellent condition with some very minor wear or discoloration. Most of the envelopes have 3 cent stamps on them and these do show some wear. All are addressed to Miss Dinah E. Luxford, South Troy, Vermont. Some are from her two brothers. Others are from friends involved in the war. Also includes the front page of The New York Herald, dated Tuesday, July 1, 1862 . The headline reads M'CLELLAN'S FIELD OF OPERATIONS IN VIRGINIA and has a map of McClellan's battles in Richmond. Backside has a full page article about the battles of McClellan's. Newspaper page is in good condition. 1 st letter - written sent from Coventry, (Vt), July 7 th , 1861 Written in pen. Letter from brother (Joseph?) to his sister. Apparently he lives with a family in another town and does chores for them. He tells about how he spent the 4 th of July. 2 nd letter- written sent from Hyde Park, (Vt), August 16 th Written in pen. Letter from brother, Henry, to his sister. Henry has enlisted in the army and is waiting to start drilling. They hope to stay to drill for a month to 6 weeks. (This letter has different handwriting than the others though the handwriting on the envelope matches.This may be a different brother than the other letters.) 3 rd letter - written sent from Montpelier, October 17, 1861 Written in pen. Letter from brother (J.) to his sister. Has the usual lack of punctuation. Written from Camp Smith Company D. He is now drilling most of the time. The troops have uniforms now. He describes what he has to wear: "you would think we were pretty well loaded for we have first a belt to put on with a cartridge box, cap box and bayonet scabbard attached to it next a haversack which is hung under the left arm next a canteen for carrying water which we carry just behind our right arm as it hangs down by our side next comes our knapsack with our footings, one pair of drawers, one shirt and overcoats in them and our rubber and woolen blankets strapped on the outside then comes the gun which completes our load...." On this particular day they "were honored with the presence of Major General Benjamin Butler." He tells about going to a "methodist meeting" and going to the ordination of the Chaplain of their Regiment. 4 th letter - Written October 30 th , 1861 from Camp Griffin This letter is hard to read as it is written in pencil. It is from brother (J.) to his sister. He has now journeyed from Montpelier to Washington. This letter is quite long and seems to be about his journey. He stayed at New Haven, CT. He went through Philadelphia. 5 th letter - Written from Camp Griffin November 17, 1861. Written in pen. Letter from brother (J.) to his sister. He is in the 6 th Regiment, Company D. He is well and wishes she could feel better about w he is. It is quite cold in Virginia at this time. He is drilling in company and in battalion now. He tells about some of the men from his company husking corn in a cornfield. T is going to be a reviewing of ninety thousand troops. He thinks that will be a splendid sight. They stood guard over some prisoners. These were not rebel prisoners, but Union boys that had done something wrong like falling asleep while on guard or talking saucy to an officer. 6 th letter - Written from Lewinsville, Fairfax County , Va, Camp Griffin, Dec. 23, 1861. Written in pen. Letter from brother (J.) to his sister. He is well. He understands that she has heard some bad news from his camp, but he assures her that he is fine. Last Friday when he was on guard, he heard the cannonading quite plain. T was a battle. About 60 Rebels were killed and some wounded and 10 of (Union) troops were killed and 15 wounded. The battle was done before his regiment could get t 7 th letter - Written from Camp Griffin on February 1 st , 1862. Written in pen. Letter from a friend, Moses Abbott, to Dinah. He has been to the...
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