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Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864.","Mss. 94 G56","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.","Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va.,\n            1862.","South Mountain, Battle of,\n            1862.","Antietam, Battle of, Md.,\n            1862.","Fredericksburg (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Chancellorsville (Va.),\n            Battle of, 1863.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861- 1865--Personal narratives.","White Oak Swamp (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Seven Days', 1862.","Peninsular Campaign,\n            1862.","38 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization\n        This collection has been organized into 7 series: 1.\n            Letters, 2. Pension Papers, 3. Miscellaneous, 4. Printed\n            Material, 5. Photographs, 6. Diaries, 7. Typsescripts.\n            Series 1. Letters is seperated into 2 subseries: 1. Civil\n            War Letters, 2. Post Civil War Letters.","This collection has been organized into 7 series: 1.\n            Letters, 2. Pension Papers, 3. Miscellaneous, 4. Printed\n            Material, 5. Photographs, 6. Diaries, 7. Typsescripts.\n            Series 1. Letters is seperated into 2 subseries: 1. Civil\n            War Letters, 2. Post Civil War Letters.","Arrangement\n        Each series is arranged chronologically by date.","Each series is arranged chronologically by date.","Augustus C. Golding was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on\n         20 November 1833. He moved to New York and enlisted as a\n         carpenter. Golding enlisted in the Union Army on 23 November\n         1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York, and served as a sergeant in\n         Co. G., 1st Battalion, 12th U.S. Infanty, 1861-1864. He fought\n         mostly in Virginia and Maryland, returning to Maryland three\n         times between 1863-1864 to defend it. After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.","After the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915.","Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.","Golding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.","He occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.","Acknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.","Relates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.","Describes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.","Acknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.","At Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.","Begins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.","Marches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.","At present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.","Glad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.","Describes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.","Promises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].","Requests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.","Replies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.","Already receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].","[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].","Payment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.","Increase is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.","Increase in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.","Increase in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.","By order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.","Begins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.","This includes his parents and siblings only.","Grants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.","Deposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.","Copy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.","State of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].","No negative available.","No negative available.","[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.","No negative available.","No negative available.","Most action in Virginia.","Most action in Virginia.","Letters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];","Typed transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.","Typed transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.","22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908.","A book in this collection has been transferred to the\n            Rare Books Department of Swem Library.","Official [Union] Army Register\n               for 1863,\n          Published by: Adjunct General's\n               Office,1 April 186316 pages.\n               PD. 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After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Augustus C. Golding was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on\n         20 November 1833. He moved to New York and enlisted as a\n         carpenter. Golding enlisted in the Union Army on 23 November\n         1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York, and served as a sergeant in\n         Co. G., 1st Battalion, 12th U.S. Infanty, 1861-1864. He fought\n         mostly in Virginia and Maryland, returning to Maryland three\n         times between 1863-1864 to defend it. After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.","After the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAugustus C. Golding Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGolding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHe occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRelates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eDescribes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAt Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eMarches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026amp;Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAt present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eGlad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ePromises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eRequests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eReplies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAlready receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePayment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eBy order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eBegins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThis includes his parents and siblings only.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eGrants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDeposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eCopy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eState of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMost action in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMost action in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908.\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.","Golding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.","He occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.","Acknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.","Relates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.","Describes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.","Acknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.","At Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.","Begins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.","Marches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.","At present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.","Glad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.","Describes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.","Promises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].","Requests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.","Replies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.","Already receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].","[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].","Payment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.","Increase is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.","Increase in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.","Increase in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.","By order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.","Begins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.","This includes his parents and siblings only.","Grants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.","Deposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.","Copy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.","State of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].","No negative available.","No negative available.","[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.","No negative available.","No negative available.","Most action in Virginia.","Most action in Virginia.","Letters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];","Typed transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.","Typed transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.","22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA book in this collection has been transferred to the\n            Rare Books Department of Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\n          \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOfficial [Union] Army Register\n               for 1863,\u003c/title\u003e\n          \u003cimprint\u003e\u003cpublisher\u003ePublished by: Adjunct General's\n               Office,\u003c/publisher\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1 April 1863\u003c/date\u003e16 pages.\n               PD. 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Call Number:U11 U5P2 1863.","Item contains a listing of officers in the following\n            departments: Adjunct General, Quartermaster, Subsistence,\n            Medical, Pay, Corps of Engineers, and Ordinance."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1859-1934, but mainly\n         1862-1864, of Augustus C. Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes\n         letters, letterbook, diaries, documents, printed materials,\n         and photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly\n         1862-1864, of Augustus C. Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes\n         letters, letterbook, diaries, documents, printed materials,\n         and photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland."],"famname_ssim":["Golding Family.","Golden family."],"persname_ssim":["Augustus C. Golding,"],"names_ssim":["Golding Family.","Golden family.","Augustus C. Golding,"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":50,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:50:45.459Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00028","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00028","_root_":"viw_viw00028","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00028","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00028.xml","title_ssm":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864."],"title_tesim":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864."],"text":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864.","Mss. 94 G56","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.","Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va.,\n            1862.","South Mountain, Battle of,\n            1862.","Antietam, Battle of, Md.,\n            1862.","Fredericksburg (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Chancellorsville (Va.),\n            Battle of, 1863.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.","United States--History--Civil\n            War, 1861- 1865--Personal narratives.","White Oak Swamp (Va.), Battle\n            of, 1862.","Seven Days', 1862.","Peninsular Campaign,\n            1862.","38 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization\n        This collection has been organized into 7 series: 1.\n            Letters, 2. Pension Papers, 3. Miscellaneous, 4. Printed\n            Material, 5. Photographs, 6. Diaries, 7. Typsescripts.\n            Series 1. Letters is seperated into 2 subseries: 1. Civil\n            War Letters, 2. Post Civil War Letters.","This collection has been organized into 7 series: 1.\n            Letters, 2. Pension Papers, 3. Miscellaneous, 4. Printed\n            Material, 5. Photographs, 6. Diaries, 7. Typsescripts.\n            Series 1. Letters is seperated into 2 subseries: 1. Civil\n            War Letters, 2. Post Civil War Letters.","Arrangement\n        Each series is arranged chronologically by date.","Each series is arranged chronologically by date.","Augustus C. Golding was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on\n         20 November 1833. He moved to New York and enlisted as a\n         carpenter. Golding enlisted in the Union Army on 23 November\n         1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York, and served as a sergeant in\n         Co. G., 1st Battalion, 12th U.S. Infanty, 1861-1864. He fought\n         mostly in Virginia and Maryland, returning to Maryland three\n         times between 1863-1864 to defend it. After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.","After the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915.","Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.","Golding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.","He occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.","Acknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.","Relates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.","Describes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.","Acknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.","At Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.","Begins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.","Marches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.","At present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.","Glad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.","Describes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.","Promises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].","Requests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.","Replies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.","Already receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].","[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].","Payment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.","Increase is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.","Increase in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.","Increase in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.","By order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.","Begins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.","This includes his parents and siblings only.","Grants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.","Deposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.","Copy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.","State of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].","No negative available.","No negative available.","[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.","No negative available.","No negative available.","Most action in Virginia.","Most action in Virginia.","Letters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];","Typed transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.","Typed transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.","22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908.","A book in this collection has been transferred to the\n            Rare Books Department of Swem Library.","Official [Union] Army Register\n               for 1863,\n          Published by: Adjunct General's\n               Office,1 April 186316 pages.\n               PD. Call Number:U11 U5P2 1863.","Item contains a listing of officers in the following\n            departments: Adjunct General, Quartermaster, Subsistence,\n            Medical, Pay, Corps of Engineers, and Ordinance.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly\n         1862-1864, of Augustus C. Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes\n         letters, letterbook, diaries, documents, printed materials,\n         and photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.","Golding Family.","Golden family.","Augustus C. Golding,","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Augustus C. 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Letters is seperated into 2 subseries: 1. Civil\n            War Letters, 2. Post Civil War Letters.","Arrangement\n        Each series is arranged chronologically by date.","Each series is arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAugustus C. Golding was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on\n         20 November 1833. He moved to New York and enlisted as a\n         carpenter. Golding enlisted in the Union Army on 23 November\n         1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York, and served as a sergeant in\n         Co. G., 1st Battalion, 12th U.S. Infanty, 1861-1864. He fought\n         mostly in Virginia and Maryland, returning to Maryland three\n         times between 1863-1864 to defend it. After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Augustus C. Golding was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on\n         20 November 1833. He moved to New York and enlisted as a\n         carpenter. Golding enlisted in the Union Army on 23 November\n         1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York, and served as a sergeant in\n         Co. G., 1st Battalion, 12th U.S. Infanty, 1861-1864. He fought\n         mostly in Virginia and Maryland, returning to Maryland three\n         times between 1863-1864 to defend it. After two months\n         hospitalization in Pennsylvania and a furlough in New York,\n         Golding returns to Virginia in November 1864 to fight until\n         his discharge on 22 November 1864 at Elmira, New York.","After the war Golding resided in Fordham, New York, until\n         his move to Norwalk, Connecticut, on 5 March 1866. On 6 August\n         1886 Golding was appointed postmaster at Norwalk, Connecticut.\n         He died on 8 April 1915."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAugustus C. Golding Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Augustus C. Golding Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGolding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHe occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRelates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eDescribes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAt Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eMarches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026amp;Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAt present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026amp;Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eGlad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ePromises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eRequests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eReplies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAlready receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePayment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncrease in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eBy order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eBegins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThis includes his parents and siblings only.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eGrants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDeposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eCopy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eState of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNo negative available.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMost action in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMost action in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908.\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C.\n         Golding (Goldin, Golden). Includes letters, letterbook,\n         diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and\n         photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the\n         Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia\n         peninsula, and in Maryland.","Golding's letters to family and friends describe troop\n         movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,\n         and the weather. Golding describes his participation in the\n         following battles or their aftermath: Gaines Mill, Malvern\n         Hill, Mechanicsville, 2nd Bull Run or Manassas, South\n         Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He\n         occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and the\n         destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside, and gives\n         financial and practical advice. Includes genealogical data on\n         Golding's immediate family.","He occasionally presents his views on war, politics, and\n         the destruction of Virginia's cities and countryside. He also\n         gives financial and practical advice. The collection contains\n         genealogical data on Golding's immediate family.","Acknowledges receipt of his father's letter;\n                     relates campaigns since Union army enlistment on\n                     23 November 1861 under H.B. Clitz; immediate\n                     promotion to sergeant; spends months at Fort\n                     Hamilton; departs for Virginia with a stop in\n                     Washington [D.C.]; camps near Fairfax Court House\n                     [Virginia] and Alexandria [Virginia]; rides a\n                     steamer to Fortress Monroe [Virginia]; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia], Big Bethel, camp Winfield\n                     Scott; in charge of supply wagons left between\n                     Yorktown [Virginia] and W[illia]msburg [Virginia];\n                     joins regiment in Cumberland one week later;\n                     marched to White House, Cold Harbor, Camp Lovell\n                     near New Bridge [Virginia]; builds roads during\n                     Battle of Gaines Mill [Virginia]; at site of\n                     battle of Hanover Court House, but does not fight;\n                     pickets the bridges over the Chickahominy [River];\n                     describes tents; marches toward Mech[an]icsville\n                     [Virginia]; charges three times in battle at\n                     Mech[an]icsville; falls back when flanked at\n                     Savage's Station [Virginia]; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp; attack by Confederates; resumes march\n                     toward the James River; sees Gen. McClellan;\n                     Confederate attack; repels attack and remains as\n                     the last brigade on the field; then falls back to\n                     a location that is not healthy; receives letters\n                     from Caroline and Sarah; acts as Commissary\n                     Sergeant; will write to NY for a commission; Major\n                     wounded.","Relates campaigns from 3 July 1862 to 31\n                     October 1862; describes duties as acting and full\n                     commissary sergeant; President [Lincoln] reviews\n                     division; receives six months pay long due; orders\n                     to reduce officers' baggage; pillage of the\n                     Charles City Court House records; views remains of\n                     slave shot for attempting an escape to Confederate\n                     lines; Camps at W[illia]msburg, Big Bethel,\n                     Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Fredericksburgh\n                     [sic] on the way to Manassas Junction; fights at\n                     second Bull Run; retreats to Centerville,\n                     [Virginia]; marches to Frederick [sic] City,\n                     [Maryland]; hears the battle on South Mountain and\n                     Antietam, [Maryland]; describes dead on\n                     battlefield; President Lincoln reviews division;\n                     marches to White Plains.","Describes route taken from Fort Hamilton [New\n                     York] to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] with stops at\n                     Baltimore [Maryland] and Washington [D.C.];\n                     regiment under Gen. Sykes' brigade; camps near\n                     Hampton [Virginia]; drills often, and out of\n                     money; moves camp to Big Bethel [Virginia], and\n                     then to Camp Marion [Virginia]; describes vigilant\n                     atmosphere in camps; marches to Camp Winfield\n                     Scott [Virginia]; strict orders for silence; feels\n                     slighted when regiment did not receive four months\n                     pay; Confederate shell almost hit him; marches\n                     toward Richmond; in charge of guarding wagons;\n                     joins regiment a week later at Cumberland Landing;\n                     takes over Hanover Courthouse; engages\n                     Confederates in battle on road to Mechanicsville;\n                     retreats three miles; attests to Zouaves' skill;\n                     retreats to Savages Station; marches through White\n                     Oak Swamp [Virginia]; needs water and sleep;\n                     marches across Malvern Hills; retreats from\n                     battle; next day advances in battle; writes letter\n                     home but can not send it until he arrives at\n                     Harrison's Landing.","Acknowledges receipt of father's letter;\n                     describes route taken from Harrison Landing to\n                     Sharpsburg; arrives a few days after Battle of\n                     Antietam; describes dead strewn in streets and\n                     heaped on battlefield; rides Manassas railroad\n                     from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton [Virginia];\n                     marches to Stafford Court House, Virginia - eight\n                     miles from Aquia Creek; Gen. Butterfield in\n                     command of his corps, replacing Gen. Porter; Gen.\n                     Hooker commanding divisions; expects an attack on\n                     [Fredericksburgh] [sic]; claims his health is\n                     good, and current weight is 180 lbs.","At Warrenton [Virginia] Gen. Butterfield\n                     replaces Gen. Fitz John Porter as commander of the\n                     5th corps; the 5th corps is a part of the centre\n                     grand division under Major General Joseph Hooker;\n                     camps at Warrenton Junction and Hartwood Church\n                     [Virginia] en route to Fredericksburg; Hooker\n                     passes in an ambulance; camps at Gen. Hooker's\n                     headquarters at the Henry House [near Potomac\n                     Creek]; marches past Falmouth [Virginia]; on front\n                     line in attempt to capture Confederate batteries\n                     South of Fredericksburg; evacuates the city;\n                     investigation ensues over heavy losses; critical\n                     of Union commanders and outcome of investigation;\n                     chats with Connecticut friends; returns to\n                     Hartwood Church [Virginia]; Gen Hooker takes over\n                     Gen. Burnside's command; describes furlough and\n                     desertion rates; takes a furlough to New York;\n                     President [Lincoln] reviews the troops near\n                     Falmouth [Virginia]; another review for Maj. Gen.\n                     Fogliardi; local artists produce ambrotypes; Lt.\n                     Col. Paul takes command of brigade for a week\n                     before his promotion to Brig. General; Gen. R. B.\n                     Ayres takes command; crosses Kelly's Ford and the\n                     Rapidan [River] to reach U.S. Ford; enemy shells\n                     U.S. Ford but fell upon Confederate prisoners;\n                     corps covers retreat across river; heavy losses;\n                     term of service expires for 20-30 thousand men;\n                     camps at Banks Ford where finishes this\n                     letter.","Begins letter when furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] expires; leaves Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut] and rests in convalescent camp;\n                     joins regiment near Fairfax, Culpepper County,\n                     [Virginia]; camps in Brandy Station [Virginia],\n                     Bealton [Virginia], and Fairfax Courthouse;\n                     describes wagon trains and supplies; marches to\n                     battlefield of 2nd Bull Run; describes remains\n                     from earlier battle; marches to Gainesville\n                     [Virginia], New Baltimore [Virginia], Catlett's\n                     Station [Virginia]; then camps two miles from\n                     Warrenton Junction and one mile from Three Mile\n                     Station at time of the letter; describes\n                     expeditions prior to his furlough in Fairfield\n                     [Connecticut], but after his last letter written\n                     in June [1863], marches 31 miles from Bank's Ford\n                     [Virginia] to Manassas Junction [Virginia] with\n                     stops at Hartwood Church [Virginia] and Brentville\n                     [Virginia]; continues march to Gum Springs\n                     [Virginia], Centerville [Virginia], Aldie\n                     [Virginia], Leesburgh [Virginia], Edwards Ferry\n                     and White Oak Springs; Gen. Meade takes command of\n                     Army; marches into Union territory through\n                     Frederick City [Maryland], Hanover [Pennsylvania],\n                     and Gettysburg [Pennsylvania]; enters hospital;\n                     reports good weather lately.","Marches from Three Mile Station [Virginia]\n                     along the [Orange \u0026Alexandria] railroad toward\n                     the [Rappahannock] River; Confederates open fire\n                     to prevent crossing; marches through woods to join\n                     right flank after Confederates driven across the\n                     [Rappahannock] River; crosses river at Kelly's\n                     Ford [Virginia]; dispatch from Gen. Grant\n                     announces capture of Lookout Mt. [Tenn.]; crosses\n                     the Rapidan [River] at Culpepper Mine Ford;\n                     Confederates capture ammunition and ambulance\n                     train during march to Gordonsville [Virginia];\n                     fighting ensues and powder in wagons explodes;\n                     retreats to Roberson's Tavern [Virginia]; crosses\n                     back over the [Rapidan] River at Germania Ford\n                     [Virginia]; also crosses back over the\n                     Rappahannock [River]; camps at Bealton [Virginia]\n                     and then at Kettle Run [Virginia]; expresses\n                     concern over possible capture by the Confederates;\n                     receives pay.","At present camps west of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road after a month near the\n                     Weldon [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; and three\n                     weeks on the east side of the Weldon\n                     [\u0026Petersburg] Rail Road; relates adventures\n                     from last May to the present date; crosses the\n                     Rapidan [River] under fire; presents statistics on\n                     losses, discharges and new recruits; does not want\n                     to winter at this camp; claims only a minority of\n                     the army supports Lincoln as a candidate; gives\n                     opinions on new regiments; time in the army will\n                     expire in one month.","Glad to hear good news about Golden through\n                     mutual friends; would like to meet him in New\n                     York; asks if he may read Golden's diary of the\n                     12th Regiment during the Civil War.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's last letter;\n                     will write to Capt. Robinson; will tell his\n                     brother Harry about Golding's letter; relates news\n                     on mutual acquaintances including John Faub, Mr.\n                     Bolton, Capt. Stanhope; would like to get in touch\n                     with Gen. Hayes, if still alive; intends to obtain\n                     from Gen. Hayes in writing what he said to him on\n                     the battlefield the day before Hayes was captured;\n                     hopes to receive more letters from Golding, and\n                     maybe even a visit.","Acknowledges receipt of Golding's letter from\n                     21 February; sorry to learn of Golding's illness;\n                     describes his own poor health; worries about\n                     losing his memories of the Civil War; angry at the\n                     pension office; will send off pension affadavit\n                     for Golding soon; also angry at the system of\n                     promotions; apologizes for long overdue letter;\n                     wife and family send their regards to Mr. and Mrs.\n                     Golding.","Describes Augustus C. Golding's injury; army\n                     wagon ran over his foot en route to Gettysburg\n                     [Pennsylvania]; at hospital from 2 July 1863 to 26\n                     September 1863; took over Golding's duties as\n                     Commissary Sergeant in addition to his own as\n                     Quartermaster Sergeant.","Promises $75 payment plus interest to Daniel\n                  Golden; in accordance with Chap. 176 of the Laws of\n                  1859; Signed by Fred[erick] Townsend, Adjunct\n                  Gen[eral] and Geo[rge] F. Sherman, Inspector\n                  Gen[eral].","Requests reimbursement for $75 worth of clothing\n                  confiscated during War of 1812. The late Daniel\n                  Golden received a certificate from the state of New\n                  York that promises redemption in accordance with the\n                  laws of 1859.","Replies to addressee's letter; claims the\n                  certificate from New York holds no value unless\n                  Congress appropriates the requisite funds to pay the\n                  claims; unlikely this will happen; certificate\n                  functions as a basis to apply to Congress.","Already receives a pension; details vital\n                  statistics; place of residence at Fordham, New York\n                  until 5 March 1866, since then at Norwalk,\n                  Connecticut; form filled in and signed by Augustus C.\n                  Goldin. [not sent in; a draft or copy?].","[line through date of act-date application filled\n                  out written above]; details vital statistics; pension\n                  certificate number; places of residence; written on\n                  behalf of Augustus C. Goldin, age 78; [not sent in; a\n                  draft or copy?].","Payment to commence on 6 May 1915; rate of $12 per\n                  month; continue length of widowhood. Issued by the\n                  Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Knight Lane, and\n                  Commissioner of Pensions, E. C. Tieman.","Increase is in accordance with section 1 of the\n                  Act of Congress approved by the President [Wilson] on\n                  September 8, 1916; commences on same date. Issued by\n                  Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and\n                  E. C. Tieman, Commissioner of the Pensions.","Increase in [widow's] pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; issued by G. M. Saltzgaber[?], Commissioner\n                  of Pensions.","Increase in widow's pension [for Jeannette H.\n                  Golding, widow of Civil War Veteran, Augustus C.\n                  Golding]; approved by Congress on May 1, 1920. Issued\n                  by G. M. Saltzgaber (?), Commissioner of Pensions,\n                  and John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior.","By order of H. Raymond, Brigadier General, I. M.\n                  Phyfe, Adjunct, and A. B. M. Dally, Colonel.","Begins at Fort Hamilton [New York] on 5 March\n                  1862; ends 27 December 1863. [not the end of his\n                  actual service]. n.p.","This includes his parents and siblings only.","Grants appointment of postmaster at Norwalk\n                  [Connecticut] to Golding; appointment lasts 4 years\n                  from 2 August 1886; emphasizes requirement of\n                  postmaster to attend personally to their duties.","Deposition by Ada Hanford Sherwood and Ruth\n                  Golding, [daughters of Augustus C. Golding, d. 8\n                  April 1915, and Jeannette Hanford Golding, d. 25 July\n                  1923]; details births and deaths of their paternal\n                  grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings;\n                  Augustus C. Golding died intestate. Drawn up by a\n                  notary public for the state of Connecticut, County of\n                  Fairfield.","Copy of diary from 25 June 1862 to 27 July 1862;\n                  describes an armed reconnaissance to ascertain\n                  whether Gen. Jackson's army was approaching.","State of Maine dedicated a statue of Maj. General\n                  Oliver Otis Howard to mark his headquarters during\n                  the Battle of Gettysburg, [Pennsylvania].","No negative available.","No negative available.","[on reverse side]. Photographic print, 3 7/8\" x 5\n                  1/2\", black and white, head and torso of a seated\n                  man, [same subject as above], identified as A. C.\n                  Golding by previous owner. [over exposed]. 1 item.\n                  Ph. (P5). No negatives available for either\n                  print.","No negative available.","No negative available.","Most action in Virginia.","Most action in Virginia.","Letters dated 20 March 1862-9 November 1864;\n                  addresses 54 letters to \"Friend Cumming' [Fordham,\n                  New York] and 15 letters \"My Dear Madam,\" the wife of\n                  Cumming, [Fordham, New York]; 1 unknown addressee;\n                  copied by Golding and others; copybook preserved by a\n                  daughter of Golding, [according to previous\n                  owner];","Typed transcript of Augustus C. Golding's 2\n                  letters to his father and 5 letters to \"Friend\"\n                  [Henry A.] Sturgess. 9 August 1862-23 October\n                  1864.","Typed transcript of copybook of Augustus C.\n                  Golding's Civil War letters to \"Friend Cumming\" or\n                  \"My Dear Madam\" [Mrs. Cumming]. May 1862-9 September\n                  1864. Preface, epilogue, and end notes by Ralph\n                  Poriss.","22 November 1861-7 November 1864. Incomplete.\n                  Missing 8 November 1864-25 November 1864. Also\n                  missing additional entries written by Golding, 28\n                  February 1901-23 November 1908."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA book in this collection has been transferred to the\n            Rare Books Department of Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\n          \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOfficial [Union] Army Register\n               for 1863,\u003c/title\u003e\n          \u003cimprint\u003e\u003cpublisher\u003ePublished by: Adjunct General's\n               Office,\u003c/publisher\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1 April 1863\u003c/date\u003e16 pages.\n               PD. 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Call Number:U11 U5P2 1863.","Item contains a listing of officers in the following\n            departments: Adjunct General, Quartermaster, Subsistence,\n            Medical, Pay, Corps of Engineers, and Ordinance."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1859-1934, but mainly\n         1862-1864, of Augustus C. Golding (Goldin, Golden). 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