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Three-volume diary kept while a prisoner at
Andersonville, enlistment paper, military pass, newspaper
clipping regarding Andersonville and name tags to be sewn
into clothing. Gates, a mason, enlisted 9 August 1862 and was
mustered-in a Sergeant on 24 August 1862. He was promoted
First Sergeant on 24 February 1863 and was captured at
Plymouth, NC, on 20 April 1864. He was paroled 2 March
1865 (diary claims 28 February) and was mustered-out on
24 June 1865. The diaries contain very detailed
descriptions of his term of captivity. |
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Georgia Infantry Muster roll signed by Captain W. S. Johnson. A
manuscript notation on the muster roll reads, "found
at Stafford Court House, Va in 1862 by O. Ellsworth Wood
of 1st Conn. Cavalry." Wood, from Guilford, was a
Private, Company B, 1st Connecticut Cavalry. He enlisted
on 29 July 1862 and was mustered-in on 30 September 1862.
He was discharged 9 September 1863 in order to accept a
military cadet’s appointment. Following the Civil
War, Wood served with the 5th U. S. Artillery. |
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Gerhardt, Karl (1853-1940) Letter, 2 pp., to Goodwin Brothers, Elmwood,
CT, regarding the creation of a death mask of Ulysses S.
Grant (1822-1885). Gerhardt writes that that afternoon
Colonel Fred Grant had given him permission to take a
mask of his father's face after his death, which was
expected any day (U. S. Grant died in July 1885). |
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Logbook (Gillett calls it a diary) kept by
Gillett while serving aboard the U. S. Steamer Grand
Gulf, off Wilmington, NC, as part of the North
Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Gillett enlisted on 14
November 1863 and resigned 28 November 1864. The steamer
was commanded by George M. Ransom from 28 October 1863 to
23 January 1864. On 28 October 1863 Gillett notes the
suicide of Gunner’s Mate John Barker, "found
dead in the Starbord Sailroom he shot himself with a Navy
Pistol The ball passing through his heart killing him
instantly," and believes the reason to have been
jealousy over his wife. He notes his eighteenth birthday
on 9 June 1864 and remarks that on 8 January 1864
"All hands aboard the ship were drunk and
fighting." Gillett records the capture of the
blockade runner Banshee, with the assistance of
the U. S. transport Fulton, on 21 November 1863;
the capture of the side-wheel steamer Mary Ann of
Nassau on 6 March 1864; and the capture of the steamer Young
Republic, of English origin, captained by Frank
Harris, on 6 May 1864. Gillett compiled a "List of
Officers" serving aboard the Grand Gulf
dating from 28 October 1863 to 23 January 1864 as well as
an account (and newspaper clippings) of its prizes. The
log records the names of many vessels, both Union and
Confederate. |
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Gillette, Francis(1807-1879) Manuscript copy, 4 pp., of Gillette's introduction at Allyn Hall, Hartford, of distinguished African American lecturer, Frederick Douglass. According to the Hartford Courant, 16 and 17 April 1864, Douglass spoke of the position of African Americans in the war, especially as pertaining to their pay, and their rights during and after the war. His lecture was entitled, "The National Crisis." His audience, paying twenty-five cents per person, was described only as "fair." Gillette's introduction reads, in part, ". . . not content with his own personal labors, he has sent forth two brave sons, to battle for liberty under the dear old flag. God keep them! . . . Ladies & gentlemen: I now introduce to you Frederick Douglass 'The slave that was; the man that is.'" See also entry for Anna E. Dickinson. |
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Correspondence and papers. This collection
consists of the Gilman Family papers, 1787-1985 (31
boxes, 16.5 linear feet). Only materials pertaining to
the Civil War were examined (11 of 31 boxes contained
Civil War materials). Julius Gilman's papers (Boxes 6-10)
consist of mainly retained copies of official papers
relating to his function as regimental quartermaster,
1862-1863, including official correspondence, printed
orders and circulars (including the Connecticut Adjutant
General's General Orders No. 17 "For Recruiting
Colored Volunteers, 23 November 1863), requisitions,
returns, receipts and various rolls, etc. Box 13 contains
a letter to his brother George Shepard Gilman from
Arlington, VA, dated 15 March 1863 as well as a letter to
George Gilman from a lieutenant in Company E, 1st
Connecticut Cavalry, dated 30 January 1864 from Harper's
Ferry. Julius Gilman later became Quartermaster General
for the State of Connecticut, ca. 1866-1867. Gilman, an unmarried publisher,
enlisted 13 September 1862, was mustered-in as
Quartermaster on 20 September 1862 and was mustered-out
on 7 July 1863. Box 14 contains a draft exemption
certificate for George Shepard Gilman dated 14 July 1863.
Box 17 includes materials pertaining to Republican
politics in Hartford County, 1860-1864, and the 1864
presidential election including correspondence between
George Gilman and Governor William A. Buckingham and
Joseph R. Hawley. Box 18 contains George Gilman's
diary/account book (1 volume), 1860-1868, which reports
various war news and notes Union victories at Gettysburg
and Vicksburg, and George Gilman's diary for January 1865
(1 volume), which discusses mainly local and personal
matters. Box 19 contains two draft exemption certificates
for Horace W. Hills who had purchased a substitute
(Cornelius A. Toomey, age 27, of Hartford, who served for
nine months in Company B, 22nd Connecticut Infantry) in
September 1862, dated 9 November 1864. Box 28 contains
the record book of "The Soldiers Family Relief"
Society of Hartford which contains the minutes of
meetings from November 1864 to April 1865. the CHS
was composed of "Loyal Ladies [and Gentlemen] of
Hartford." Members of the CHS must
"cordially endorse President Lincoln's 'Emancipation
Proclamation.'" The record book lists officers and
members and takes account of cloth, money and articles
distributed to 53 needy families. There is a very good
unpublished register to all 31 boxes of the Gilman Family
Papers in the Library with folder-level control. |
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Newspapers clippings and letters to friends,
some of which are addressed to Joseph Wells of
Wethersfield. Letters were written from Virginia,
1862-1863; Maryland, 1862-1863; and from Armory Square
Hospital in Washington, DC, 1865. Goodrich enlisted 2
August 1862 and was mustered-in on 23 August 1862. He
received a disability discharge on 28 November 1863. The
letters are quite interesting and rich in detail. A part
of Goodrich’s letter of 17 July 1863 was published
in Charles Hamblen’s Connecticut Yankees at
Gettysburg (Kent State University Press, 1993),
p.113. |
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Discharge certificate (1865) and photograph
(1882). Gracie enlisted on 25 November 1863 and was
mustered-out 25 September 1865. He was a laborer, born in
Ireland, and was forty-four years of age at the time of
his discharge. |
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Granby, Connecticut Civil War records containing the Connecticut
Adjutant General's circulars and correspondence relating
to conscription and town quotas, 1862 and 1863.
Collection also contains the Connecticut Surgeon
General's circular regarding draft exemptions and
three-year volunteer enlistment contracts for Robert P.
Morgan (19 July 1862), Ebenezer S. Emerson (22 July
1862), Jared S. Granger (25 July 1862) and Roswell M.
Allen (5 August 1862, at age 17). Contains also an
official listing entitled "Changes in the
Connecticut Volunteer Force in the Field," which
notes David B. Mott (10th Connecticut Infantry, Company
E) deserted February 1863; Henry C. Gillette (16th
Connecticut Infantry, Company E) was discharged April
1863; Patrick Slamon (10th Connecticut Infantry, Company
B) was discharged July 1863; Francis G. Newton (13th
Connecticut Infantry, Company E) was discharged September
1863; John O' Brien (2nd Connecticut Light Battery)
deserted September 1864; Henry Tallmadge (1st Connecticut
Light Battery) was discharged November 1864; Levi Rice
(13th Connecticut Infantry, Company E) was discharged
January 1865; William H. Clark (1st Connecticut Light
Battery) was discharged December 1864; Nelson Spellman
(1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company C) was
discharged June 1865; Charles F. King (16th Connecticut
Infantry, Company E) was discharged June 1865; Mather
Case (6th Connecticut Infantry, unassigned recruit) was
mustered-out June 1865; Andrew Hayes (15th Connecticut
Infantry, Company D) was discharged July 1865; Edward
Johnson (7th Connecticut Infantry, Company K) was
discharged July 1865; Thomas Gregory (10th Connecticut
Infantry, Company A) was discharged August 1865; Michael
McGrath (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company G)
deserted July 1865; John S. Bray (1st Connecticut Heavy
Artillery, Company E) was discharged September 1865; and
Robert Hayes (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company C)
was discharged September 1865. Also includes lists of
Granby men in various Connecticut regiments and the list,
"State of Ct. to the town of Granby for
families," naming Granby soldiers, their service
status, and their wives and children for April 1863, July
1863 and October 1864. |
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Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Connecticut. Stanley Post No. 11 Memorial record book "designed expressly for Grand Army posts throughout the national encampment of the GAR for the purpose of securing and perpetuating the military history of every Grand Army comrade." (Baltimore and Washington: Memorial Record Publishing Co., 1889). The book gives date and place of birth and record of service for approximately 450 Civil War veterans residing in New Britain beginning in 1889 (most being members of GAR Stanley Post No. 11, Dept. of Connecticut). The register also includes names and information on some veterans who had died prior to 1889. Information on deaths continues to about 1900. This volume was presented to Stanley Post No. 11 by John B. Tallcott (1824-1905), et. al. Apparently the book was kept by Robert F. Hill (who also might have designed it). The book contains an index. |
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Grant, Ulysses
Simpson (1822-1885) Letter from "Before Vicksburg," 4
pp., to David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), and
carte-de-visite of Grant. Grant relays his assessment of
and intentions in regard to opening a route from Lake
Providence through the swamps, lakes and bayous of
Louisiana to a point on the Mississippi below Vicksburg. Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) Letter, 1 p., from City Point, VA, to Secretary of War
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) in Washington, DC,
recommending Lt. Col. William L. Duff, Acting Inspector
General of Grant's staff, for the rank of Colonel in the
"new 1st Corps now being raised." |
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Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Letter, 4 pp., to James Dixon (1814-1873) in Hartford, discussing terms for an enduring peace with the South. According to Greeley, slavery must be eliminated; however, there could be compensation for emancipation. A typed transcription of the letter is also available. |
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Letters home to family. Greenleaf, having
seen prior service in the 1st Connecticut Infantry, was
mustered-in a Private, Fifth New York Cavalry, on 1
October 1861 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 27
July 1863. He was wounded in action at Kearneysville, WV,
on 25 August 1864 and died the next day. Also included
are two letters notifying his family of his death dated
27 August 1864, a photograph of Greenleaf, and a letter
from The New York Public Library discussing its holdings
of materials pertaining to the Fifth New York Cavalry. An article regarding this collection was published in the July 1961 (Volume 26, Number 3) issue of The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, pp.88-93. Contact our store for ordering information. |
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Diary. Grosvenor, an unmarried farmer, enlisted 23 July 1862 and
was mustered-in a Sergeant on 24 August 1862. He was
wounded in action during the battle of Antietam on 17
September 1862 and was captured on 20 April 1864, with
the majority of his regiment, at Plymouth, NC. He was
paroled on 16 December 1864 and subsequently drowned in
the Potomac River on 24 April 1865. Grosvenor provides
interesting detail of his capture and imprisonment at
Andersonville. |
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Journals. Gwillim, an unmarried teacher, enlisted 28 August 1862
and was mustered-in a Private on 20 September 1862. He
was promoted to Corporal on 6 November 1862 and was
mustered-out on 7 July 1863. Gwillim renders a very
articulate and detailed account of his term of service in
a nine-months regiment which participated in no major
Civil War engagements, speaking frequently of drill,
guard duty and camp life in general. |
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Halpine, Charles Graham
(1829-1868) Letter to Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
recommending Captain John O'Connell, 71st New York
Infantry, for an unspecified military position.
Apparently O'Connell enlisted as a Private in April 1861
and "worked his way up. . ." He was severely
wounded at Gettysburg. Halpine is perhaps better known as
the humorist Private Miles O'Reilly. |
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Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) Letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in
Washington, DC, asking that furlough be extended for
thirty days for a Mr. Leete, a German, due to illness. |
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Record, 2 pp., containing
Harmount’s history of military service as
part of the registration procedure for the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion of the United States, dated 23 May
1891, Detroit, MI. Also attached is a note of
acknowledgment from Swift Memorial Hall in Washington,
DC. Harmount, an unmarried student, enlisted on 16 August 1862 and was
mustered-in on 4 October 1862. He was captured at the
battle of Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863, along with
eight companies of the 27th Connecticut, and was paroled
on 23 May 1863. Harmount was mustered-out of his
nine-months unit on 27 July 1863. He later
enlisted in the 97th U.S.C.T. and was in charge of
pontoon training in Louisiana in the Spring of 1864;
however, his chief duty seems to have been the
reequipping of the regiment following Banks’s Red
River Campaign. Harmount resigned after two months to
become the Superintendent of the Department of the
Gulf’s Freedmen’s Relief Association. |
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Hart, Sherman Letter, 4 pp., from Camp Franklin, to his
brother Samuel A. Hart. Hart speaks of Chaplain H. Upson,
13th Connecticut Infantry. There are many Harts in the
ranks of the 13th Connecticut; none bear the Christian
name Sherman. Too, the 13th was in Louisiana at the time
this letter was written and, as Hart writes, "There
have been two light snows and a few cold days, but mostly
dry and warm.... Most of the men are eager to go south
and get into the field.... First drilling was at Fort
Dodge," it seems likely this was a unit perhaps
temporarily garrisoned in or near Washington, DC. | |
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Hartford (CT). Committee on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial
Records, photograph and newspaper clippings. Contains transcripts of minutes of meetings, correspondence, etc. relating to the construction and dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial. Also includes correspondence with George Keller (1842-1935), William Buell Franklin (1823-1903) and Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826-1905) relating to the design and dedication of the monument. The monument was dedicated 17 September 1886. Also contains the reviews of design proposals submitted by architects (George Keller among them) and sculptors (Samuel Kitson and Casper Buberl among them), ground-plans, appropriations and bids for various aspects of construction. Includes the records of meetings with various city officials and information regarding the preparations for the dedication exercises. Apparently the Memorial Arch was constructed by mostly German labor overseen by Mr. A. Budde. The opening of the Arch is reported as 30 feet wide, spanning the entire width of the bridge, and springs from two towers 67 feet in circumference and over 100 feet wide. Along with the book are four newspapers: Hartford Courant 18 and 20 September 1886; Hartford Evening Post 17 September 1886; and Hartford Times 17 September 1886. Also see entries for Sherman W. Adams and Leslie Colvin. |
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Hawley,
Harriet Ward Foote (1831-1886) Letter, 4 pp., from Guilford, to Chaplain
Jacob Eaton, Seventh Connecticut Infantry. Harriet was
the wife of General Joseph R. Hawley. The letter pertains
to Private John Rowley, Company D, 7th Connecticut, who
confessed to the revenge shooting of a comrade during the
battle of Olustee or Ocean Pond, FL (20 February 1864).
Mrs. Hawley sends a "testament" to this
condemned man who had attended her "little
school" at St. Helena for a time. She felt Rowley to
be a victim of no education or training. Rowley, a
substitute from Ridgefield, was mustered-in a Private on
2 November 1863. He was hung by sentence of General Court
Martial on 3 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Jacob
Eaton, of Meriden, following prior service in the 8th
Connecticut, was mustered-in on 20 June 1864 and died 20
March 1865. Also see entry for Doris
Cook. Included with this letter are newspaper
clippings regarding the funeral of Harriet Hawley in
1886. |
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Papers, correspondence, memorabilia, record
books, letter books, clippings, drafts of speeches,
biographical materials, and other miscellaneous
documents. Hawley, a married editor, following service in the First
Connecticut Infantry, enlisted 30 August 1861 and was
mustered-in as Lt. Colonel, 7th Connecticut Infantry, on
17 September 1861. He was promoted to Colonel on 20 June
1862, to Brigadier General on 13 September 1864, and was
breveted Major General on 28 September 1865. He was
discharged on 15 January 1866. This is a very large, interesting
collection of materials. Also see following entry.
Bound typescript of letters from Joseph and Harriet
Foote Hawley mainly to Charles Dudley Warner, compiled
and edited by Everett C. Willson in 1929. The original
letters at that time were the property of Arthur L.
Shipman and present ownership is unknown. See previous
entry for Hawley’s record of service and for other
materials pertaining to Hawley. This collection also
includes brief biographies of Hawley and Warner. |
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Hewins & Burr Document, 1 p. Receipt to Aaron D. Pease for
$325.00 payment to Hewins & Burr, Substitute Brokers,
for a substitute "this day sworn into the U. S.
service." |
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Letter to Ellen Elizabeth Judd from on board
the steamer "Belvadier," Stono Inlet,
SC, off James Island, within seven miles of Charleston.
This letter, though cataloged to an anonymous author, is
distinctly signed "Hicks." Other internal
evidence regarding Jacksonville, FL, and coastal
maneuvers, leads to the identification of the author.
Hicks, a married painter, enlisted on 23 August 1861 as a Musician, Company
B, and was mustered-in as Principal Musician on 12
September 1861. He was transferred back to Musician,
Company B, on 27 November 1862 and was promoted to First
Sergeant on 13 February 1863. On 4 March 1864, Hicks was
promoted to Second Lieutenant, Company G, and to First
Lieutenant, Company K, on 5 June 1864. He was
mustered-out on 21 August 1865. This is an interesting
letter which mentions three ironclads, Montauk,
Naugatuck and a third which is illegible. |
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Letters to friends and family from Hilton Head
and Beaufort, SC, and Petersburg, VA. Topics include his
former Captain’s misuse of the Company fund;
Chaplain Jacob Eaton; the general health of the regiment
and the impact of malaria upon the men; fleas; having a
"likeness" taken; and a speech by Colonel
Joseph R. Hawley. On 19 July 1864, Hill notes, "I am
quite deaf today. The effects of Quinine taken
yesterday." Later, on 10 September 1864, while
before Petersburg, Hill writes, "The term of the old
men has expired in many companies (ours). They must stay
until the 12th and do duty.... This makes for hard
feelings among the men for to loose [sic] a limb or
receive a wound after all obligation is virtually
done...is not quite the thing for old soldiers who have
faithfully served for three long years in the
field." Despite this observation, Hill had
reenlisted on 22 December 1863. Hill, an unmarried farmer, originally enlisted
19 August 1861 and was mustered in a Corporal on 5
September 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant on 1 February
1863 and was captured 11 July 1863 at Fort Wagner, SC. He
was paroled on 21 August 1863 and was promoted First
Sergeant on 13 September 1864. He was promoted to First
Lieutenant on 18 November 1864 and was mustered-out on 20
July 1865. |
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Holbrook, A. J. Letter, 2 pp., to Goodwin Brothers in Elmwood
stating that Holbrook had received one of the first busts
of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) cast by Karl Gerhardt
(1853-1940; also see entry for Gerhardt) and he requests
the death mask of General Grant for a part he was
playing in a tableau. Holbrook writes, "You see I am
the G. A. R. boy to whom General Grant committed his last
message to be given to all the Boys in Blue whoever
served in our Army, and tha [sic] message was as follows:
" 'Tell them I love them as my children, and they
are engraven on my heart.'" |
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Letters to his wife, Rebecca, and two sons,
Henry and Eddie, from Camp Lincoln, Hartford; Annapolis,
MD; Hatteras Island and New Bern, NC; and Newport News,
VA. Holwell, a ropemaker, enlisted on 21 November 1861 and was
mustered-in a Private on 23 November 1861. He was
promoted Corporal on 14 June 1862 and was killed in
action at the battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862.
Holwell had previously served in the Mexican War. Topics
discussed include a pledge to his wife to avoid liquor
and his expressed belief that "after the fall of
Yorktown peace will soon be declared." |
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Letters to his mother and sister Nancy from
Fort Trumbull in New London; Fort Ellsworth, VA, and from
near Petersburg, VA. Hooker enlisted and was mustered-in
on 27 January 1864. He died 1 December 1864 and is buried
at Antietam National Cemetery. It took Hooker three
"examinations" in both New Haven and New London
to be accepted into military service. Hooker was
illiterate and several letters to his family were written
for him by a comrade; however, by 3 March 1864, Hooker
writes, "I have got so I do my own writing & my
own reading." Some of his letters clearly illustrate
his efforts to master the art of penmanship. Hooker
fought at Cold Harbor where, "Our Col. was shot dead
at the first of the charge." The letters bear
frequent mention of "node;" probably Nodiah
Hooker, Sixteenth Connecticut Infantry, who had deserted
in September 1862 and who may have been his brother. |
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Letters from Rock Island, IL, to Enos Burton
Ives (1827-1901). The 108th USCT were guarding
Confederate prisoners at Rock Island, having come from
Maysville, KY, and House writes that his African American
soldiers made excellent guards. He believes he has a good
relationship with his men, two of whom had given him
likenesses of themselves. House, a married mechanic, enlisted in the 16th
Connecticut on 23 July 1862 and was mustered-in a
Sergeant on 24 August 1862. Due to illness he was reduced
to the ranks on 2 April 1863 and was transferred to the
3rd Veteran Reserve Corps, Company F, on 14 July 1863. He
was promoted Corporal on 24 July 1863 and to Captain,
Company I, 108th USCT, on 14 July 1864. House was
discharged on 21 March 1866. On 26 September 1864 House
writes, "The Rebel prisoners here swear that they
will not submit to be guarded by the d----d
niggers." On 8 June 1865 House was busy with Court
Martial duties, "We have two murder cases to dispose
of..." |
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Typescript, "A Story of the Morning at
Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864," a talk delivered to the
Massachusetts chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States. Howard notes the 8th Vermont
lost more than two-thirds of its fighting force and that
13 of 16 officers had been killed or wounded. At
the time of the battle of Cedar Creek the 8th Vermont was
brigaded with the 12th Connecticut, the 160th New York
and the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Brigadier General
Stephen Thomas, 8th Vermont, commanding. See Revised
Roster of Vermont Volunteers... (Montpelier, Vt.:
Watchman Publishing Co., 1892, pp. 299, 302, 312, 327,
328) for Howard’s record of service. |
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Letters to his cousin Kate. On 31 August 1864
Hubbard noted that his regiment was working on a canal. A
month later, on 27 September 1864, he had been
hospitalized with "fever." Hubbard, an unmarried student, enlisted on
13 August 1862 and was mustered-in a Private, Company I,
21st Connecticut Infantry, on 5 September 1862. He was
promoted to First Lieutenant, Company B, 6th USCT, on 24
September 1864. He was wounded at New Market Heights, VA,
on 29 September 1864. A letter written 6 October 1864
noted his wound and Hubbard would later resign on 3 March
1865. |
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Pocket diaries; only those diaries
pertaining to Huntington’s Civil War service were
examined. Huntington, an unmarried farmer, enlisted 3 September 1861 and was
mustered-in a Private on 21 September 1861. He was
promoted to Sergeant on 10 February 1862 and was wounded
at the battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. On 9
January 1863 Huntington was promoted to First Sergeant
and was again wounded at Walthall Junction, VA, on 7 May
1864. On 20 February 1865 he was transferred to the 37th
Company, 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps (VRC) and
was discharged a Private from the 36th Company, 2nd
Battalion, VRC, on 5 September 1866. |
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Letter, 3 pp., from camp near the Rapidan
River, VA, to Mary Hurlburt in Seymour. Hurlburt reports
news of the Seymour soldiers in the 5th Connecticut
Infantry who were involved in the battle of Cedar
Mountain, VA (9 August 1862). Hurlburt’s brigade
(Julius Stahel’s) arrived on the battlefield after
the battle. Apparently none of the Seymour boys were
among the casualties; however, he reports that George
Smith was missing and that the toll was heavy on the 5th
Connecticut’s line officers. The original, on
patriotic stationery, is barely legible; a typed
transcription is available. Hurlburt enlisted on 7
October 1861 and was mustered-in a Private on 19 November
1861. He was promoted Corporal on 1 March 1863 and was
captured at Old Church, VA, on 10 June 1864. Released on
19 November 1864, Hurlburt was promoted Q. M. Sergeant on
1 May 1865 and was mustered-out on 2 August 1865. |
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Typescript, 7 pp., "A short account of my
prison life during the Civil War, 1861-1865,"
written in North Haven in 1909. Hyde, an unmarried bookbinder, enlisted on 2
September 1861 and was mustered-in a Private on 5
September 1861. He was promoted on 27 April 1864 and was
captured at Drewry’s Bluff, VA, on 16 May 1864 along
with about 50 comrades from Company D. Hyde was paroled
on 11 December 1864 and was mustered-out on 21 August
1865. Initially taken to Libby prison for about a week,
the men spent the majority of their captivity at
Andersonville. Hyde writes of "old men" and
"women and children" standing guard in the
sentry boxes. He also records this fatal case of
homesickness: "The only case of home-sickness that I
ever saw which resulted in death was one evening when we
boys were sitting down together and the subject of
conversation was home. By way of a joke one said to
another, ‘Say, Ed, how would you like to be home
this evening and take Emma to the theatre?’ Tears
came into his eyes and through the night he cried
considerably. When morning came we noticed a change in
him, and he died shortly afterward. His last word was
‘Emma.’"[p. 4] Hyde also notes the
hanging of the Raiders.[p. 4] Later, Hyde was moved to
Birkshire, GA (stay of one month), then to Millen, GA
(again, a stay of one month), back to Andersonville, then
to Florence, SC. On the way to Florence, the prisoners
were involved in a train wreck. Upon his parole, Hyde was
held in the hospital at Annapolis for two months. He was
very ill and reported having no idea where he was.
Apparently Hyde was exchanged on 16 December 1864, five
days after his parole.[pp. 4-6] |
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Gill
Gracie, James (1821?-)
Hurlburt,
Thomas Edward (1842-1913)