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Duke\u003c/persname\u003ealso furnishes a detailed\n         description of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJohnson's Island\u003c/geogname\u003eprison and the place of\n         confinement called the \"Bull pen\", mentioning the gardens of\n         some of the officers, the rations of bread, meat, salt, soap,\n         beans, and hominy, and the presence of a sutter and his store\n         in the pen.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn the fourth letter, he writes concerning the decision of\n         his former slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane\u003c/persname\u003eto leave the Duke farm before his\n         return home, and he tells his wife to get the others to stay\n         on until he can negotiate their hire (June 29, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther family letters include one from Col. Duke to his son,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. T. W. 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Duke, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewritten while Mosby was\n         employed for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Justice Department\u003c/corpname\u003econtain\n         the following topics: Mosby calls the attempt to blame \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Ewell Brown Stuart\u003c/persname\u003efor the\n         Confederate defeat at the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGettysburg\u003c/geogname\u003eas \"one of the greatest crimes\n         in history\" (April 17, 1908); Mosby discourses on his great\n         distaste for the \"profession\" of football in the universities\n         and argues that \"it is more talked about at the University\n         than literature or science\"; he bemoans the irony that\n         \"Cockfighting is a criminal offense in Virginia but killing a\n         man at football is not\" (December 1, 1909); and he speaks with\n         pleasure of his reception at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 10, 1915).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther printed or miscellaneous items include an invitation\n         to the inauguaration of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin A. Alderman\u003c/persname\u003eas president of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eon April 13, 1905;\n         a postcard picture of Confederate veterans taken at the\n         unveiling of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Soldier's Monument\u003c/corpname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuckingham Court House\u003c/corpname\u003eon June 30, 1908,\n         which included \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. T. W. Duke, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; and the British\n         Identity Book issued to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. T. W. 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Duke was sent there after being captured on\n         April 6, 1865 at \n         Sayler's Creek.","Duke reports that the prisoners of war received good\n         treatment from General \n         Ulysses S. Grant's men, who divided their\n         rations with them and did not submit them to taunts or insults\n         during the march north, and he also mentions that the living\n         conditions of the prison itself were quite bearable (April 20,\n         1865).","In a later letter (June 9, 1865), he asks his wife to write\n         a letter to President \n         Andrew Johnsonfor his release as all\n         officers above the rank of major will be released only upon\n         special application. He tells her to bring up several points\n         in her petition: 1) he is needed at home to provide for her\n         and their children, 2) he has no influential friends to work\n         on his behalf to secure his release, 3) he is opposed to\n         guerilla war and he refused to allow his son William to join \n         John Singleton Mosby's Raiders.","Duke reports the release of all prisoners below the rank of\n         major and again requests his wife's aid in securing a special\n         release for himself. In this letter (June 10, 1865), he\n         suggests that she write to General Grant telling him that\n         their income is limited, he is needed at home, she will be\n         responsible for his good behavior, he is opposed to guerilla\n         war, and that he applied on April 25 to take the amnesty oath.\n         In addition, he tells her to go to the commander of the\n         Federal forces in \n         Charlottesvilleand ask him to write to\n         General Grant to secure a release for him based on character\n         references from leading citizens of \n         Charlottesville. Col. \n         R. T. W. Dukealso furnishes a detailed\n         description of the \n         Johnson's Islandprison and the place of\n         confinement called the \"Bull pen\", mentioning the gardens of\n         some of the officers, the rations of bread, meat, salt, soap,\n         beans, and hominy, and the presence of a sutter and his store\n         in the pen.","In the fourth letter, he writes concerning the decision of\n         his former slave \n         Janeto leave the Duke farm before his\n         return home, and he tells his wife to get the others to stay\n         on until he can negotiate their hire (June 29, 1865).","Other family letters include one from Col. Duke to his son,\n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.describing a fierce\n         political vote in the \n         Virginia General Assemblyduring the\n         readjuster controversy (January 25, 1880), and letters from \n         Mary Duke, \n         Eskridge Duke, \n         Walker Duke, and \n         Jack Dukeconcerning family news.","Letters from \n         John Singleton Mosbyto \n         R.T.W. Duke, Jr.written while Mosby was\n         employed for the \n         United States Justice Departmentcontain\n         the following topics: Mosby calls the attempt to blame \n         James Ewell Brown Stuartfor the\n         Confederate defeat at the Battle of \n         Gettysburgas \"one of the greatest crimes\n         in history\" (April 17, 1908); Mosby discourses on his great\n         distaste for the \"profession\" of football in the universities\n         and argues that \"it is more talked about at the University\n         than literature or science\"; he bemoans the irony that\n         \"Cockfighting is a criminal offense in Virginia but killing a\n         man at football is not\" (December 1, 1909); and he speaks with\n         pleasure of his reception at the \n         University of Virginiaand in \n         Albemarle County(May 10, 1915).","Other printed or miscellaneous items include an invitation\n         to the inauguaration of \n         Edwin A. Aldermanas president of the \n         University of Virginiaon April 13, 1905;\n         a postcard picture of Confederate veterans taken at the\n         unveiling of the \n         Confederate Soldier's Monumentat \n         Buckingham Court Houseon June 30, 1908,\n         which included \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.; and the British\n         Identity Book issued to \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.on February 5,\n         1919."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Albemarle Poor House","John Singleton Mosby's Raiders","Virginia General Assembly","United States Justice Department","University of Virginia","Confederate Soldier's Monument","Buckingham Court House"],"famname_ssim":["Duke family"],"persname_ssim":["Richard Thomas Walker Duke","Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.","W. F. Alexander","Elizabeth Eskridge Duke","Ulysses S. Grant","Andrew Johnson","R. T. 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Duke (February 6, 1865) from \n         W. F. Alexander, concerns the claim of\n         the \n         Albemarle Poor Housefor wood used by the\n         Confederate troops while encamped upon land adjacent to their\n         property. There are four letters from Col. Duke to his wife, \n         Elizabeth Eskridge Duke, written while he\n         was a prisoner of war on \n         Johnson's Island, a Union prison camp at \n         Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, for Confederate\n         officers. Col. Duke was sent there after being captured on\n         April 6, 1865 at \n         Sayler's Creek.","Duke reports that the prisoners of war received good\n         treatment from General \n         Ulysses S. Grant's men, who divided their\n         rations with them and did not submit them to taunts or insults\n         during the march north, and he also mentions that the living\n         conditions of the prison itself were quite bearable (April 20,\n         1865).","In a later letter (June 9, 1865), he asks his wife to write\n         a letter to President \n         Andrew Johnsonfor his release as all\n         officers above the rank of major will be released only upon\n         special application. He tells her to bring up several points\n         in her petition: 1) he is needed at home to provide for her\n         and their children, 2) he has no influential friends to work\n         on his behalf to secure his release, 3) he is opposed to\n         guerilla war and he refused to allow his son William to join \n         John Singleton Mosby's Raiders.","Duke reports the release of all prisoners below the rank of\n         major and again requests his wife's aid in securing a special\n         release for himself. In this letter (June 10, 1865), he\n         suggests that she write to General Grant telling him that\n         their income is limited, he is needed at home, she will be\n         responsible for his good behavior, he is opposed to guerilla\n         war, and that he applied on April 25 to take the amnesty oath.\n         In addition, he tells her to go to the commander of the\n         Federal forces in \n         Charlottesvilleand ask him to write to\n         General Grant to secure a release for him based on character\n         references from leading citizens of \n         Charlottesville. Col. \n         R. T. W. Dukealso furnishes a detailed\n         description of the \n         Johnson's Islandprison and the place of\n         confinement called the \"Bull pen\", mentioning the gardens of\n         some of the officers, the rations of bread, meat, salt, soap,\n         beans, and hominy, and the presence of a sutter and his store\n         in the pen.","In the fourth letter, he writes concerning the decision of\n         his former slave \n         Janeto leave the Duke farm before his\n         return home, and he tells his wife to get the others to stay\n         on until he can negotiate their hire (June 29, 1865).","Other family letters include one from Col. Duke to his son,\n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.describing a fierce\n         political vote in the \n         Virginia General Assemblyduring the\n         readjuster controversy (January 25, 1880), and letters from \n         Mary Duke, \n         Eskridge Duke, \n         Walker Duke, and \n         Jack Dukeconcerning family news.","Letters from \n         John Singleton Mosbyto \n         R.T.W. Duke, Jr.written while Mosby was\n         employed for the \n         United States Justice Departmentcontain\n         the following topics: Mosby calls the attempt to blame \n         James Ewell Brown Stuartfor the\n         Confederate defeat at the Battle of \n         Gettysburgas \"one of the greatest crimes\n         in history\" (April 17, 1908); Mosby discourses on his great\n         distaste for the \"profession\" of football in the universities\n         and argues that \"it is more talked about at the University\n         than literature or science\"; he bemoans the irony that\n         \"Cockfighting is a criminal offense in Virginia but killing a\n         man at football is not\" (December 1, 1909); and he speaks with\n         pleasure of his reception at the \n         University of Virginiaand in \n         Albemarle County(May 10, 1915).","Other printed or miscellaneous items include an invitation\n         to the inauguaration of \n         Edwin A. Aldermanas president of the \n         University of Virginiaon April 13, 1905;\n         a postcard picture of Confederate veterans taken at the\n         unveiling of the \n         Confederate Soldier's Monumentat \n         Buckingham Court Houseon June 30, 1908,\n         which included \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.; and the British\n         Identity Book issued to \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.on February 5,\n         1919.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Albemarle Poor House","John Singleton Mosby's Raiders","Virginia General Assembly","United States Justice Department","University of Virginia","Confederate Soldier's Monument","Buckingham Court House","Duke family","Richard Thomas Walker Duke","Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.","W. F. Alexander","Elizabeth Eskridge Duke","Ulysses S. Grant","Andrew Johnson","R. T. W. Duke","Jane","R. T. W. Duke, Jr.","Mary Duke","Eskridge Duke","Walker Duke","Jack Duke","John Singleton Mosby","R.T.W. 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Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Albemarle Poor House","John Singleton Mosby's Raiders","Virginia General Assembly","United States Justice Department","University of Virginia","Confederate Soldier's Monument","Buckingham Court House"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Duke family"],"creators_ssim":["Richard Thomas Walker Duke","Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.","W. F. Alexander","Elizabeth Eskridge Duke","Ulysses S. Grant","Andrew Johnson","R. T. W. Duke","Jane","R. T. W. Duke, Jr.","Mary Duke","Eskridge Duke","Walker Duke","Jack Duke","John Singleton Mosby","R.T.W. Duke, Jr.","James Ewell Brown Stuart","Edwin A. Alderman","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Albemarle Poor House","John Singleton Mosby's Raiders","Virginia General Assembly","United States Justice Department","University of Virginia","Confederate Soldier's Monument","Buckingham Court House","Duke family"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was given to the Library on April 15,\n            1987 by Mr. William E. Duke of Richmond, Virginia, and Mrs.\n            Gerald C. 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There are four letters from Col. Duke to his wife, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Eskridge Duke\u003c/persname\u003e, written while he\n         was a prisoner of war on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJohnson's Island\u003c/geogname\u003e, a Union prison camp at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSandusky Bay, Lake Erie\u003c/geogname\u003e, for Confederate\n         officers. Col. Duke was sent there after being captured on\n         April 6, 1865 at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSayler's Creek.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eDuke reports that the prisoners of war received good\n         treatment from General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. 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In this letter (June 10, 1865), he\n         suggests that she write to General Grant telling him that\n         their income is limited, he is needed at home, she will be\n         responsible for his good behavior, he is opposed to guerilla\n         war, and that he applied on April 25 to take the amnesty oath.\n         In addition, he tells her to go to the commander of the\n         Federal forces in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand ask him to write to\n         General Grant to secure a release for him based on character\n         references from leading citizens of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e. Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. T. W. 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Duke, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eon February 5,\n         1919.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This addition to the papers of the \n         Duke familyof \n         Charlottesville, Virginia, consists of\n         twenty-one items, 1836, and 1865-1919, chiefly the\n         correspondence of Colonel \n         Richard Thomas Walker Dukeand his son,\n         Judge \n         Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.","One letter to Col. Duke (February 6, 1865) from \n         W. F. Alexander, concerns the claim of\n         the \n         Albemarle Poor Housefor wood used by the\n         Confederate troops while encamped upon land adjacent to their\n         property. There are four letters from Col. Duke to his wife, \n         Elizabeth Eskridge Duke, written while he\n         was a prisoner of war on \n         Johnson's Island, a Union prison camp at \n         Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, for Confederate\n         officers. Col. Duke was sent there after being captured on\n         April 6, 1865 at \n         Sayler's Creek.","Duke reports that the prisoners of war received good\n         treatment from General \n         Ulysses S. Grant's men, who divided their\n         rations with them and did not submit them to taunts or insults\n         during the march north, and he also mentions that the living\n         conditions of the prison itself were quite bearable (April 20,\n         1865).","In a later letter (June 9, 1865), he asks his wife to write\n         a letter to President \n         Andrew Johnsonfor his release as all\n         officers above the rank of major will be released only upon\n         special application. He tells her to bring up several points\n         in her petition: 1) he is needed at home to provide for her\n         and their children, 2) he has no influential friends to work\n         on his behalf to secure his release, 3) he is opposed to\n         guerilla war and he refused to allow his son William to join \n         John Singleton Mosby's Raiders.","Duke reports the release of all prisoners below the rank of\n         major and again requests his wife's aid in securing a special\n         release for himself. In this letter (June 10, 1865), he\n         suggests that she write to General Grant telling him that\n         their income is limited, he is needed at home, she will be\n         responsible for his good behavior, he is opposed to guerilla\n         war, and that he applied on April 25 to take the amnesty oath.\n         In addition, he tells her to go to the commander of the\n         Federal forces in \n         Charlottesvilleand ask him to write to\n         General Grant to secure a release for him based on character\n         references from leading citizens of \n         Charlottesville. Col. \n         R. T. W. Dukealso furnishes a detailed\n         description of the \n         Johnson's Islandprison and the place of\n         confinement called the \"Bull pen\", mentioning the gardens of\n         some of the officers, the rations of bread, meat, salt, soap,\n         beans, and hominy, and the presence of a sutter and his store\n         in the pen.","In the fourth letter, he writes concerning the decision of\n         his former slave \n         Janeto leave the Duke farm before his\n         return home, and he tells his wife to get the others to stay\n         on until he can negotiate their hire (June 29, 1865).","Other family letters include one from Col. Duke to his son,\n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.describing a fierce\n         political vote in the \n         Virginia General Assemblyduring the\n         readjuster controversy (January 25, 1880), and letters from \n         Mary Duke, \n         Eskridge Duke, \n         Walker Duke, and \n         Jack Dukeconcerning family news.","Letters from \n         John Singleton Mosbyto \n         R.T.W. Duke, Jr.written while Mosby was\n         employed for the \n         United States Justice Departmentcontain\n         the following topics: Mosby calls the attempt to blame \n         James Ewell Brown Stuartfor the\n         Confederate defeat at the Battle of \n         Gettysburgas \"one of the greatest crimes\n         in history\" (April 17, 1908); Mosby discourses on his great\n         distaste for the \"profession\" of football in the universities\n         and argues that \"it is more talked about at the University\n         than literature or science\"; he bemoans the irony that\n         \"Cockfighting is a criminal offense in Virginia but killing a\n         man at football is not\" (December 1, 1909); and he speaks with\n         pleasure of his reception at the \n         University of Virginiaand in \n         Albemarle County(May 10, 1915).","Other printed or miscellaneous items include an invitation\n         to the inauguaration of \n         Edwin A. Aldermanas president of the \n         University of Virginiaon April 13, 1905;\n         a postcard picture of Confederate veterans taken at the\n         unveiling of the \n         Confederate Soldier's Monumentat \n         Buckingham Court Houseon June 30, 1908,\n         which included \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.; and the British\n         Identity Book issued to \n         R. T. W. Duke, Jr.on February 5,\n         1919."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Albemarle Poor House","John Singleton Mosby's Raiders","Virginia General Assembly","United States Justice Department","University of Virginia","Confederate Soldier's Monument","Buckingham Court House"],"famname_ssim":["Duke family"],"persname_ssim":["Richard Thomas Walker Duke","Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.","W. F. Alexander","Elizabeth Eskridge Duke","Ulysses S. Grant","Andrew Johnson","R. T. 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Williams was a musician in \n         Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regimentand\n         served in \n         Virginiaand \n         Maryland. These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.","The majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         Lillias Williams) while stationed in \n         Virginia( \n         Martinsburg, \n         New Market Heights, \n         Petersburg, and \n         Winchester) and \n         Sharpsburgand \n         Annapolis, Maryland. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry, the \n         18th Connecticut, and the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantryas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         Benjamin F. Butler[1818-1893]; \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885]; \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson[1824-1863];\n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865]; \n         William Starke Rosecrans[1819-1898]; \n         Philip H. Sheridan[1831-1888]; and \n         Edwin M. Stanton[1814-1869].","On 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         Winchester, Virginia, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         George Frithwas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         Edward L. Hustedwas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"","Two days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         Winchesterand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         Ulysses S. Grantand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         Vicksburgsiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson.","On 26 July 1863, while at \n         Sharpsburg, Maryland, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         George J. Frithdied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         Winchesteron June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         Winchester(Second \n         Winchester, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         Baltimore. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"","On 14 August 1863, while at \n         Martinsburg, Virginia[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         Harper's Weekly, \n         Frank Leslie's, daily newspapers from \n         Baltimore, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.","Williams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry) have passed\n         through \n         Martinsburgby train to reinforce General \n         William Starke Rosecrans[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         123rd Ohio, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         Joseph Sallabank], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         Martinsburg, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"","Williams continued to enjoy himself in \n         Martinsburgas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         Martinsburgresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         18th Connecticut Infantryis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"","At the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         Petersburg, Virginia. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         New Market Heightsand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         Benjamin F. Butlerhas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         Philip H. Sheridan. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantry.","His letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         Camp Holly, Virginia, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         Edwin M. Stanton(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         U. S. Christian Commission.","From \n         Annapolis, Maryland, on 17 April 1865,\n         William describes his capture on 6 April at the battle of \n         High Bridge, Virginia[near Farmville and\n         the Appomattox River], the wounding of Captain \n         [John F.] Randolph, and the regiment's\n         subsequent release and return to Union lines on the 9th after\n         Lee's surrender at \n         Appomattox(during his captivity the\n         rebels took all of Williams' private property and his fife).\n         He mourns the assassination of President \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865] and adds that\n         the regiment is to report to \n         Camp Chase, Ohio, where he expects it\n         will be mustered out.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regiment","55th New Jersey Infantry","18th Connecticut","34th Massachusetts Infantry","123rd Ohio","18th Connecticut Infantry","U. S. 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These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLillias Williams\u003c/persname\u003e) while stationed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market Heights\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e) and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSharpsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnnapolis, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e55th New Jersey Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e18th Connecticut\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e34th Massachusetts Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin F. Butler\u003c/persname\u003e[1818-1893]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e[1822-1885]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1863];\n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e[1809-1865]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Starke Rosecrans\u003c/persname\u003e[1819-1898]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip H. Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e[1831-1888]; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin M. Stanton\u003c/persname\u003e[1814-1869].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Frith\u003c/persname\u003ewas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Husted\u003c/persname\u003ewas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003eand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003eand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003esiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 26 July 1863, while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSharpsburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge J. Frith\u003c/persname\u003edied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003eon June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e(Second \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003e. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 14 August 1863, while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFrank Leslie's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, daily newspapers from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003e, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e55th New Jersey Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e) have passed\n         through \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby train to reinforce General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Starke Rosecrans\u003c/persname\u003e[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e123rd Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Sallabank\u003c/persname\u003e], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliams continued to enjoy himself in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e18th Connecticut Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market Heights\u003c/geogname\u003eand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin F. Butler\u003c/persname\u003ehas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip H. Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e34th Massachusetts Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHis letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Holly, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin M. Stanton\u003c/persname\u003e(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. 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Williams was a musician in \n         Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regimentand\n         served in \n         Virginiaand \n         Maryland. These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.","The majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         Lillias Williams) while stationed in \n         Virginia( \n         Martinsburg, \n         New Market Heights, \n         Petersburg, and \n         Winchester) and \n         Sharpsburgand \n         Annapolis, Maryland. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry, the \n         18th Connecticut, and the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantryas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         Benjamin F. Butler[1818-1893]; \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885]; \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson[1824-1863];\n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865]; \n         William Starke Rosecrans[1819-1898]; \n         Philip H. Sheridan[1831-1888]; and \n         Edwin M. Stanton[1814-1869].","On 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         Winchester, Virginia, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         George Frithwas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         Edward L. Hustedwas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"","Two days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         Winchesterand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         Ulysses S. Grantand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         Vicksburgsiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson.","On 26 July 1863, while at \n         Sharpsburg, Maryland, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         George J. Frithdied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         Winchesteron June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         Winchester(Second \n         Winchester, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         Baltimore. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"","On 14 August 1863, while at \n         Martinsburg, Virginia[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         Harper's Weekly, \n         Frank Leslie's, daily newspapers from \n         Baltimore, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.","Williams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry) have passed\n         through \n         Martinsburgby train to reinforce General \n         William Starke Rosecrans[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         123rd Ohio, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         Joseph Sallabank], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         Martinsburg, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"","Williams continued to enjoy himself in \n         Martinsburgas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         Martinsburgresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         18th Connecticut Infantryis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"","At the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         Petersburg, Virginia. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         New Market Heightsand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         Benjamin F. Butlerhas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         Philip H. Sheridan. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantry.","His letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         Camp Holly, Virginia, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         Edwin M. Stanton(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         U. S. Christian Commission.","From \n         Annapolis, Maryland, on 17 April 1865,\n         William describes his capture on 6 April at the battle of \n         High Bridge, Virginia[near Farmville and\n         the Appomattox River], the wounding of Captain \n         [John F.] Randolph, and the regiment's\n         subsequent release and return to Union lines on the 9th after\n         Lee's surrender at \n         Appomattox(during his captivity the\n         rebels took all of Williams' private property and his fife).\n         He mourns the assassination of President \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865] and adds that\n         the regiment is to report to \n         Camp Chase, Ohio, where he expects it\n         will be mustered out."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Williams was a musician in \n         Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regimentand\n         served in \n         Virginiaand \n         Maryland. These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.","The majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         Lillias Williams) while stationed in \n         Virginia( \n         Martinsburg, \n         New Market Heights, \n         Petersburg, and \n         Winchester) and \n         Sharpsburgand \n         Annapolis, Maryland. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry, the \n         18th Connecticut, and the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantryas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         Benjamin F. Butler[1818-1893]; \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885]; \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson[1824-1863];\n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865]; \n         William Starke Rosecrans[1819-1898]; \n         Philip H. Sheridan[1831-1888]; and \n         Edwin M. Stanton[1814-1869].","On 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         Winchester, Virginia, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         George Frithwas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         Edward L. Hustedwas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"","Two days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         Winchesterand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         Ulysses S. Grantand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         Vicksburgsiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson.","On 26 July 1863, while at \n         Sharpsburg, Maryland, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         George J. Frithdied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         Winchesteron June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         Winchester(Second \n         Winchester, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         Baltimore. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"","On 14 August 1863, while at \n         Martinsburg, Virginia[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         Harper's Weekly, \n         Frank Leslie's, daily newspapers from \n         Baltimore, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.","Williams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry) have passed\n         through \n         Martinsburgby train to reinforce General \n         William Starke Rosecrans[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         123rd Ohio, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         Joseph Sallabank], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         Martinsburg, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"","Williams continued to enjoy himself in \n         Martinsburgas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         Martinsburgresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         18th Connecticut Infantryis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"","At the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         Petersburg, Virginia. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         New Market Heightsand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         Benjamin F. Butlerhas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         Philip H. Sheridan. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantry.","His letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         Camp Holly, Virginia, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         Edwin M. Stanton(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         U. S. Christian Commission.","From \n         Annapolis, Maryland, on 17 April 1865,\n         William describes his capture on 6 April at the battle of \n         High Bridge, Virginia[near Farmville and\n         the Appomattox River], the wounding of Captain \n         [John F.] Randolph, and the regiment's\n         subsequent release and return to Union lines on the 9th after\n         Lee's surrender at \n         Appomattox(during his captivity the\n         rebels took all of Williams' private property and his fife).\n         He mourns the assassination of President \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865] and adds that\n         the regiment is to report to \n         Camp Chase, Ohio, where he expects it\n         will be mustered out.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regiment","55th New Jersey Infantry","18th Connecticut","34th Massachusetts Infantry","123rd Ohio","18th Connecticut Infantry","U. S. 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These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLillias Williams\u003c/persname\u003e) while stationed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market Heights\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e) and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSharpsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnnapolis, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e55th New Jersey Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e18th Connecticut\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e34th Massachusetts Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin F. Butler\u003c/persname\u003e[1818-1893]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e[1822-1885]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1863];\n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e[1809-1865]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Starke Rosecrans\u003c/persname\u003e[1819-1898]; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip H. Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e[1831-1888]; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin M. Stanton\u003c/persname\u003e[1814-1869].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Frith\u003c/persname\u003ewas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Husted\u003c/persname\u003ewas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003eand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003eand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003esiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 26 July 1863, while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSharpsburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge J. Frith\u003c/persname\u003edied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003eon June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e(Second \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWinchester\u003c/geogname\u003e, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003e. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 14 August 1863, while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFrank Leslie's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, daily newspapers from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003e, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e55th New Jersey Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e) have passed\n         through \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby train to reinforce General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Starke Rosecrans\u003c/persname\u003e[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e123rd Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Sallabank\u003c/persname\u003e], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliams continued to enjoy himself in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMartinsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e18th Connecticut Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market Heights\u003c/geogname\u003eand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin F. Butler\u003c/persname\u003ehas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip H. Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e34th Massachusetts Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHis letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Holly, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin M. Stanton\u003c/persname\u003e(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Christian Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnnapolis, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e, on 17 April 1865,\n         William describes his capture on 6 April at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHigh Bridge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e[near Farmville and\n         the Appomattox River], the wounding of Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John F.] Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, and the regiment's\n         subsequent release and return to Union lines on the 9th after\n         Lee's surrender at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAppomattox\u003c/geogname\u003e(during his captivity the\n         rebels took all of Williams' private property and his fife).\n         He mourns the assassination of President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e[1809-1865] and adds that\n         the regiment is to report to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Chase, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he expects it\n         will be mustered out.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["These four collection consists of a total of 31 items\n         (including ten letters) of \n         George Williams, a Civil War soldier from\n         Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio, to his\n         sister, 1863 \u0026 1865. Williams was a musician in \n         Company B of the 123rd Ohio Regimentand\n         served in \n         Virginiaand \n         Maryland. These letters and their\n         typescripts (including multiple photocopies of photographs of\n         Williams in uniform) have been interfiled chronologically with\n         previous #11003 accessions. All letters, with the exception of\n         January 1, 1865, are accompanied either by an envelope, a\n         photocopy of a Williams photograph, or both.","The majority of these Williams letters were written during\n         1863 and addressed to his sister, Lill ( \n         Lillias Williams) while stationed in \n         Virginia( \n         Martinsburg, \n         New Market Heights, \n         Petersburg, and \n         Winchester) and \n         Sharpsburgand \n         Annapolis, Maryland. Williams discusses\n         personal, family, and war news. Members of his and other\n         regiments such as the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry, the \n         18th Connecticut, and the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantryas well as\n         various generals and prominent civilians, are mentioned by\n         name: \n         Benjamin F. Butler[1818-1893]; \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885]; \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson[1824-1863];\n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865]; \n         William Starke Rosecrans[1819-1898]; \n         Philip H. Sheridan[1831-1888]; and \n         Edwin M. Stanton[1814-1869].","On 3 June 1863, Williams writes to his sister from \n         Winchester, Virginia, with camp news\n         including fact that \n         George Frithwas not promoted (see letter\n         of 26 July 1863) but \n         Edward L. Hustedwas promoted to rank of\n         second lieutenant and quartermaster. Williams describes the\n         accidental death by a gunshot wound to the head of Private\n         Green [Crary Green, 31 May 1863] of Company C, due to\n         discharge of a rifle being cleaned by a member of Company E:\n         \"It was a sad affair. The boy that shot him feels very bad\n         about it.\"","Two days later, 5 June 1863, he informs \"Dear Friends\" of\n         return of members (\"paroled boys\") of the regiment captured at\n         the battle of \n         Winchesterand tells of an incompetent\n         doctor who is petitioned by the men to resign or else: \"I\n         guess he will skedaddle if he dont he will get what he dont\n         want.\" Williams mentions General \n         Ulysses S. Grantand the impending success\n         of his army [the \n         Vicksburgsiege] and the daily arrival of\n         rebel deserters tired of the war and discouraged by the death\n         of Confederate General \n         Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson.","On 26 July 1863, while at \n         Sharpsburg, Maryland, Williams speaks\n         well of the memory of a recently-deceased \"General Frith\"\n         (First Sergeant \n         George J. Frithdied as the result of\n         wounds received at the battle of \n         Winchesteron June 20, 1863) and describes\n         events and aftermath of the battle of \n         Winchester(Second \n         Winchester, June 13-15, 1863) including\n         the demoralization of the men and lack of discipline (most of\n         the regiment was surrendered to the Confederates). However,\n         nineteen rebel deserters were captured, took oaths of\n         allegiance and were sent to \n         Baltimore. The stationery bears a color\n         figure of a woman holding an American flag captioned \"One Flag\n         For The Whole County.\"","On 14 August 1863, while at \n         Martinsburg, Virginia[now West Virginia]\n         he characterizes its residents as destitute but Union troops\n         \"are living on the top shelf\" and sampling an abundance of\n         foods. Williams also notes that \"it will soon be a year that I\n         have been working for Uncle Samuel and the happyest year I\n         ever spent take all things in consideration\"; the troops have\n         plenty of reading materials, including \n         Harper's Weekly, \n         Frank Leslie's, daily newspapers from \n         Baltimore, and dime novels--fifty are\n         read in camp every day.","Williams comments on distant yet relevant events on 29\n         September 1863--the XI and XII Army Corps (and the \n         55th New Jersey Infantry) have passed\n         through \n         Martinsburgby train to reinforce General \n         William Starke Rosecrans[who had\n         retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after his defeat at the\n         battle of Chickamauga]. Most of the \n         123rd Ohio, including all of Company B\n         except Williams and Joe [ \n         Joseph Sallabank], are guarding a bridge\n         forty miles from \n         Martinsburg, but he and Joe \"have got two\n         drums and fifes so we make considerable noise.\"","Williams continued to enjoy himself in \n         Martinsburgas evidenced by his letter to\n         his sister of 12 November 1863. He attends church services\n         with a \"Virginia lady\" named Florella, has lodgings with a\n         local family, and claims \n         Martinsburgresidents think the world of\n         the Union soldiers and are \"the finest people\" he has ever\n         met. In fact, life is so good in the town that it does not\n         seem like he is in the army, and the food is so plentiful that\n         if she were to see him eat \"it would make your eyes water.\"\n         The troops are well-dressed with paper collars and sutler\n         shirts and musicians wear stripes on their pants; he claims\n         that the \n         18th Connecticut Infantryis known as \"the\n         Mackerels.\"","At the beginning of 1865 (1 January) he sends New Year's\n         greetings to his sister from \n         Petersburg, Virginia. His regiment is\n         assigned to the Army of the James [1st Brigade, 1st Division,\n         Army of West Virginia attached to XXIV Army Corps] and has\n         been building winter quarters; there is some discussion of\n         family news but he complains: \"It is so cold I cant hardly\n         write.\" By 11 January he is at \n         New Market Heightsand sends a description\n         of the construction of camp quarters. There was \"great\n         excitement\" due orders which offered thirty-day furloughs for\n         one man in ten but this news was replaced with gloom following\n         another order revoking it. General \n         Benjamin F. Butlerhas been removed from\n         command and it is rumored that he will be replaced as\n         commander of the Army of the James by General \n         Philip H. Sheridan. Meanwhile, Williams\n         complains about delays in arrival of the company's band\n         instruments and praises the band of the \n         34th Massachusetts Infantry.","His letter of 19 March 1865, written at \n         Camp Holly, Virginia, reports that the\n         regiment is assigned to the XXIV Army Corps, 1st Independent\n         Division, (Army of the James) and its corps badge is a white\n         heart. The corps was reviewed [17 March] by General Grant\n         (\"not a very good looking man as some others but that noble\n         countenance denoted a man of good Princable and a perfect\n         gentleman\"), Secretary of War \n         Edwin M. Stanton(\"a Glasseyed old fellow\n         not very prepossing\") and various unnamed generals and ladies\n         (\"or they called them so\"). Williams continues with news of\n         camp activities, dress parades, an unaccustomed food shortage\n         and hunger which is relieved by the issuing of potatoes and\n         onions, and a lecture by a member of the \n         U. S. 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Hawxhurst[b. 1845], Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantryand Charles Plummer Morrill, 24th Maine Infantry, describing their experiences during and after the Civil War in Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Tennesseeand Texas. Also present are military discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother George Morrill[b. 1847], a member of the 4th Maine Light Artillery, a photograph of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three ambrotypes: Charles Morrill(taken in Memphis, Tennessee, 1863), an unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print of an unidentified young Atlantawoman is attached to Hawxhurst's letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill are described below as two separate groups.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00738#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00738","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00738","_root_":"viu_viu00738","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00738","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00738.xml","title_ssm":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"title_tesim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"text":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907","11031","144 items","This collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         Wilbur F. Hawxhurst[b. 1845], \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantryand \n         Charles Plummer Morrill, \n         24th Maine Infantry, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         Georgia, \n         Louisiana, \n         New York, \n         Tennesseeand \n         Texas. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         George Morrill[b. 1847], a member of the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         Charles Morrill(taken in \n         Memphis, Tennessee, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         Atlantawoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         Ohio( \n         Vermilion, \n         Elyria, \n         Youngstown, July 1862-January 1864), \n         Tennessee( \n         Chattanooga, \n         Nashville, \n         Columbus Hill, \n         Cleveland, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         Georgia( \n         Atlanta, \n         Vining Station[Vinings], \n         Catoosa Springs, August-October 1864), \n         New Orleans(July 1865) and \n         Texas( \n         Placedo Creek, \n         Victoria Countyand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).","His letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         John W.and \n         Mary Thompson(\"Bro \u0026 Sister\") of \n         Richfield, Summit County, and \n         Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         United States Christian Commission, \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission, \n         U.S. Military Telegraph, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         Soldier's Home, Nashville, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         Atlanta Campaign(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         Chattanoogaand \n         Nashville, Tennessee, \n         Vining Station[Vinings] and \n         Atlanta, Georgia, \n         New Orleans, and occupation duties in \n         Victoria County, Texas. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         U.S. Christian Commissionstationery are\n         missing pages.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885], \n         Charles G. Harker[1835-1864], \n         John Bell Hood[1831-1879], \n         Andrew Johnson[1808-1875], \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865], \n         George B. McClellan[1825-1885], \n         Oliver Perry Morton[1823-1877], \n         George H. Pendleton[1825-1889], \n         William T. Sherman[1820-1890], \n         Edmund Kirby Smith[1824-1893], \n         David Stone Stanley[1828-1902], \n         George H. Thomas[1816-1870], \n         Horatio Wright[1820-1899] and \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer[1812-1862].","Hawxhurst discusses various \n         Ohioinfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman, \n         65th Ohio; Colonel \n         Frederick W. Lister, \n         31st Ohio; \n         Ira Pool, \n         Company A, 38th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         Resaca(May 19, 1864), \n         Nashville(December 19, 1864).","A \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         William F. Hawxhurstto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         J. W. Thompson, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         Mary Thompson(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         Copopa(?), Ohio, to her nephew \n         M. M. Hawxhurstof \n         Ann Arbor, Michigan, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio, on March 3, 1866 in\n         Victoria, Texas.","October 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         George Morrill(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         Abraham Lincolnis not respected in \n         Vermilion; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         Port Hudson's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         Youngstownand compares it with \n         Richfield(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.","February 11, 1864: writes from \n         Chattanooga, Tennessee; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         Nashville; identifies his unit as \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         AtlantaCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         Cleveland, Tennessee; his brigade heading\n         for \n         Daltonand \n         Atlanta, Georgia; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         Charles G. Harker's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         Dalton; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         Catoosa Springs, Georgia; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         Chattanooga; mentions the battle of \n         Resaca[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         Resaca; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         Chattanoogawoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         Ira Pool[ \n         Edgerton, Fulton County, Ohio], \n         Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry, wounded at the battle of \n         Missionary Ridge[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         Richmondby General \n         Ulysses S. Grant.","[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         Andrew Johnson; \n         Ira Pool's father lives in \n         Edgerton[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         Ohiosince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         William T. Sherman; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         Wilbur F. Hinmanto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         Ira Pool's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         Atlantaand describes them; says \n         Wilbur Hinmanis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         Tom Powelloffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         Royalton, Ohio, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         Berea; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         Vinings], Georgia, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         U.S. Military TelegraphHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         George B. McClellanand \n         George H. Pendletonof \n         Ohiofor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         Atlanta; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.","September 12, 1864: describes \n         Atlanta, General Sherman and General \n         George H. Thomas; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         Summit County, Ohio; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         John Bell Hood's army; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         Nashville[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         Crawford County, Iowa, after the war.","January 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         George Washington's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         Vermilion, Ohio, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         Iowagirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         Ohio; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         Frederick W. Lister] of the \n         31st Ohio Volunteer Infantryis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         Chattanoogaboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         Richmond, Virginia; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         Andrew Johnsonwill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.","May 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         George H. Thomas, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         Nashville, praising the \n         4th Army Corps's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         Oliver Perry Mortonthat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         Washingtonfor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         Edmund Kirby Smith; wants to settle in \n         Iowa; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         Atlantadont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         Texas; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         Texas\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         Nashville; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         New Orleans\"; compares \n         Mississippiand \n         Ohiorivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         Berea[Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.","July 2, 1865: in \n         New Orleans; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         San Antonio, Texas; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         Texasbut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         [Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         David Stone Stanleyfor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         Texas; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         Horatio Wright, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         Galveston, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         Port Lavaca] and \n         Victoria; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         65th Ohiois on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         Texas.","January 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         Victoriabecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         Maria Garget(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         Eau Claire, Wisconsin, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         Iowayoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         C. Marmu Photograph Gallery, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         New Orleans(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         New Orleans, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].","Charles Plummer Morrill's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         Maine( \n         Camp E. D. Keyesand \n         Augusta, September-October 1862), \n         New York( \n         Camp Maineand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         Fort Monroe, Virginia(January 1863), \n         Louisiana( \n         New Orleansand \n         Port Hudson, February and May 1863), and \n         Washington, D.C.(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         Franklin County, Maine; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         George. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         Charles Morrill(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.","Two letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         Cyrus Birney?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry, \n         Camp Baker, Washington, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         Samuel H. Merrillof \n         Portland, Maine, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         Washingtonas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         Charles P. Morrillalso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         George H. Morrill's army discharge, \n         Augusta, Maine, signed by Captain \n         Charles W. White, \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, and a captain\n         of the \n         13th United States Infantry, are also\n         present.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         Nathaniel P. Banks[1816-1894], \n         Henry Ward Beecher[1813-1887], \n         Ambrose P. Burnside[1824-1881] and \n         Franklin S. Nickerson[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook, \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libby, \n         John C. Manson, and \n         John A. Moreton(surgeons), Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdon, \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand \n         Hiram C. Vaughan(captains), Lieutenant \n         John H. True, Lieutenant Colonel \n         Charles T. Bean(24th Maine), Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomas(21st Maine) and Captain \n         Charles W. White( \n         4th Maine Light Artillery). \n         Mainemilitary units mentioned are the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, \n         21st Maine Infantry, 24th Maine ( \n         24th Maine Volunteer Militia) and \n         28th Maine Infantry.","September 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         Company E, 24th Maine(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         John C. Manson; refers to Captain \n         Hiram C. Vaughanof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         Boston, \n         Norwich, Connecticut, and \n         New York City.","November 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         New York City; may hear \n         Henry Ward Beecherpreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         Long Islandsoutheast of the city of \n         Brooklyn; attended a \n         New Yorktheater with Lieutenant \n         John H. Trueof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         Cyrus Birney; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         Hiram Vaughanmay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libbyand \n         John A. Moreton); Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomasappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         George M. Atwood's resignation, including\n         captains \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         Franklin County, Maine; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         Ambrose P. Burnsidewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         Charles T. Beanare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.","January 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         New York Citywhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         New Orleans, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fort Monroe, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fortress Monroe, Hampton Roads, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook's visit to the \n         Hampton Hospital; complains Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdonresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         New York; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         Fort Monroe; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         Mississippi Riverand \n         New Orleans; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         Franklin S. Nickerson's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         Nathaniel P. Banks's \n         Red RiverCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         Cyrus (Birney?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         New Orleanssights including statues of \n         Henry Clayand General \n         Andrew Jackson; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"","May 30, 1863: writes from \n         Port Hudsonwith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         Camp Maine, East New York, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         Washington, D.C., which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         4th Maine Light Artillery] will remain at\n         City Point, Virginia; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         Charles P Morrillletter].","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"collection_ssim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["11031"],"unitid_tesim":["11031"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Charles F.\n         Morrill"],"creator_ssim":["Charles F.\n         Morrill"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital"],"creators_ssim":["Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Morrill Civil War Collection was placed on deposit\n            in the Library by Mr. Charles F. Morrill of\n            Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 27, 1992."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["144 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026amp; 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003e[b. 1845], \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Plummer Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e24th Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e[b. 1847], a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(taken in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMemphis, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003e's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026amp; 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eElyria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYoungstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 1862-January 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eColumbus Hill\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003e, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVining Station\u003c/geogname\u003e[Vinings], \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatoosa Springs\u003c/geogname\u003e, August-October 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e(July 1865) and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePlacedo Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria County\u003c/geogname\u003eand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHis letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"John W. Thompson\"\u003eJohn W.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(\"Bro \u0026amp; Sister\") of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichfield, Summit County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Christian Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Sanitary Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Military Telegraph\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSoldier's Home, Nashville\u003c/corpname\u003e, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta Campaign\u003c/geogname\u003e(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVining Station\u003c/geogname\u003e[Vinings] and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, and occupation duties in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery are\n         missing pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e[1822-1885], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Harker\u003c/persname\u003e[1835-1864], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bell Hood\u003c/persname\u003e[1831-1879], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e[1808-1875], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e[1809-1865], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge B. McClellan\u003c/persname\u003e[1825-1885], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Perry Morton\u003c/persname\u003e[1823-1877], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e[1825-1889], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Sherman\u003c/persname\u003e[1820-1890], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Kirby Smith\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1893], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Stone Stanley\u003c/persname\u003e[1828-1902], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e[1816-1870], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Wright\u003c/persname\u003e[1820-1899] and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFelix Kirk Zollicoffer\u003c/persname\u003e[1812-1862].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHawxhurst discusses various \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003einfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick W. Lister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e31st Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany A, 38th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph F. Sonnestine\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph H. Wilsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 19, 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 19, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eA \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003eto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. W. Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCopopa(?), Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her nephew \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. M. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnn Arbor, Michigan\u003c/geogname\u003e, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph F. Sonnestine\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 3, 1866 in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOctober 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eis not respected in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion\u003c/geogname\u003e; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003e's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYoungstown\u003c/geogname\u003eand compares it with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichfield\u003c/geogname\u003e(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 11, 1864: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e; identifies his unit as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFelix Kirk Zollicoffer\u003c/persname\u003e; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003eCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e; his brigade heading\n         for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDalton\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Harker\u003c/persname\u003e's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDalton\u003c/geogname\u003e; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatoosa Springs, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e[ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgerton, Fulton County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e], \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCo A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, wounded at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMissionary Ridge\u003c/geogname\u003e[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Sanitary Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eby General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian\n         Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e's father lives in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgerton\u003c/geogname\u003e[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003esince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Sherman\u003c/persname\u003e; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003eto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian\n         Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003eand describes them; says \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur Hinman\u003c/persname\u003eis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTom Powell\u003c/persname\u003eoffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoyalton, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerea\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVinings], Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Military Telegraph\u003c/corpname\u003eHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge B. McClellan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003efor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeptember 12, 1864: describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e, General Sherman and General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSummit County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bell Hood's army\u003c/persname\u003e; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCrawford County, Iowa\u003c/geogname\u003e, after the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003egirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003e; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick W. Lister\u003c/persname\u003e] of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003eboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMay 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, praising the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Army Corps\u003c/corpname\u003e's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Perry Morton\u003c/persname\u003ethat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003efor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Kirby Smith\u003c/persname\u003e; wants to settle in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003e; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003edont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e\"; compares \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMississippi\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003erivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerea\u003c/geogname\u003e[Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph H. Wilsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJuly 2, 1865: in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Antonio, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003e; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003ebut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         \u003cgeogname\u003e[Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Stone Stanley\u003c/persname\u003efor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Wright\u003c/persname\u003e, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGalveston\u003c/geogname\u003e, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSan Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003e]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Lavaca\u003c/geogname\u003e] and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003e; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003eis on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003ebecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garget\u003c/persname\u003e(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEau Claire, Wisconsin\u003c/geogname\u003e, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003eyoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC. Marmu Photograph Gallery\u003c/corpname\u003e, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Plummer Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp E. D. Keyes\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta\u003c/geogname\u003e, September-October 1862), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Maine\u003c/geogname\u003eand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 1863), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003e, February and May 1863), and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin County, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"George Morrill\"\u003eGeorge\u003c/persname\u003e. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus Birney\u003c/persname\u003e?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Baker, Washington\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Merrill\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePortland, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003eas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles P. Morrill\u003c/persname\u003ealso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e's army discharge, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e, signed by Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. White\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, and a captain\n         of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th United States Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, are also\n         present.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003e[1816-1894], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ward Beecher\u003c/persname\u003e[1813-1887], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAmbrose P. Burnside\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1881] and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFranklin S. Nickerson\u003c/persname\u003e[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederic R. Esterbrook\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRoscoe L. Harlow\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnsel J. Libby\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn C. Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Moreton\u003c/persname\u003e(surgeons), Chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick A. Hodsdon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Deering\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel S. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram C. Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003e(captains), Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. True\u003c/persname\u003e, Lieutenant Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. Bean\u003c/persname\u003e(24th Maine), Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas C. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e(21st Maine) and Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. White\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e). \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003emilitary units mentioned are the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e21st Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, 24th Maine ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e24th Maine Volunteer Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e) and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e28th Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeptember 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 24th Maine\u003c/corpname\u003e(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn C. Manson\u003c/persname\u003e; refers to Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram C. Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003eof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorwich, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNovember 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; may hear \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ward Beecher\u003c/persname\u003epreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003esoutheast of the city of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrooklyn\u003c/geogname\u003e; attended a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003etheater with Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. True\u003c/persname\u003eof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus Birney\u003c/persname\u003e; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003emay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRoscoe L. Harlow\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnsel J. Libby\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Moreton\u003c/persname\u003e); Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas C. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge M. Atwood\u003c/persname\u003e's resignation, including\n         captains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Deering\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel S. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin County, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAmbrose P. Burnside\u003c/persname\u003ewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. Bean\u003c/persname\u003eare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFortress Monroe, Hampton Roads\u003c/geogname\u003e, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederic R. Esterbrook\u003c/persname\u003e's visit to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e; complains Chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick A. Hodsdon\u003c/persname\u003eresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe\u003c/geogname\u003e; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMississippi River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFranklin S. Nickerson\u003c/persname\u003e's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003e's \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRed River\u003c/geogname\u003eCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus (Birney\u003c/persname\u003e?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003esights including statues of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Clay\u003c/persname\u003eand General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMay 30, 1863: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003ewith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Maine, East New York\u003c/geogname\u003e, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e] will remain at\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCity Point, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles P Morrill\u003c/persname\u003eletter].\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         Wilbur F. Hawxhurst[b. 1845], \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantryand \n         Charles Plummer Morrill, \n         24th Maine Infantry, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         Georgia, \n         Louisiana, \n         New York, \n         Tennesseeand \n         Texas. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         George Morrill[b. 1847], a member of the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         Charles Morrill(taken in \n         Memphis, Tennessee, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         Atlantawoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         Ohio( \n         Vermilion, \n         Elyria, \n         Youngstown, July 1862-January 1864), \n         Tennessee( \n         Chattanooga, \n         Nashville, \n         Columbus Hill, \n         Cleveland, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         Georgia( \n         Atlanta, \n         Vining Station[Vinings], \n         Catoosa Springs, August-October 1864), \n         New Orleans(July 1865) and \n         Texas( \n         Placedo Creek, \n         Victoria Countyand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).","His letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         John W.and \n         Mary Thompson(\"Bro \u0026 Sister\") of \n         Richfield, Summit County, and \n         Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         United States Christian Commission, \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission, \n         U.S. Military Telegraph, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         Soldier's Home, Nashville, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         Atlanta Campaign(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         Chattanoogaand \n         Nashville, Tennessee, \n         Vining Station[Vinings] and \n         Atlanta, Georgia, \n         New Orleans, and occupation duties in \n         Victoria County, Texas. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         U.S. Christian Commissionstationery are\n         missing pages.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885], \n         Charles G. Harker[1835-1864], \n         John Bell Hood[1831-1879], \n         Andrew Johnson[1808-1875], \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865], \n         George B. McClellan[1825-1885], \n         Oliver Perry Morton[1823-1877], \n         George H. Pendleton[1825-1889], \n         William T. Sherman[1820-1890], \n         Edmund Kirby Smith[1824-1893], \n         David Stone Stanley[1828-1902], \n         George H. Thomas[1816-1870], \n         Horatio Wright[1820-1899] and \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer[1812-1862].","Hawxhurst discusses various \n         Ohioinfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman, \n         65th Ohio; Colonel \n         Frederick W. Lister, \n         31st Ohio; \n         Ira Pool, \n         Company A, 38th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         Resaca(May 19, 1864), \n         Nashville(December 19, 1864).","A \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         William F. Hawxhurstto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         J. W. Thompson, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         Mary Thompson(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         Copopa(?), Ohio, to her nephew \n         M. M. Hawxhurstof \n         Ann Arbor, Michigan, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio, on March 3, 1866 in\n         Victoria, Texas.","October 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         George Morrill(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         Abraham Lincolnis not respected in \n         Vermilion; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         Port Hudson's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         Youngstownand compares it with \n         Richfield(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.","February 11, 1864: writes from \n         Chattanooga, Tennessee; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         Nashville; identifies his unit as \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         AtlantaCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         Cleveland, Tennessee; his brigade heading\n         for \n         Daltonand \n         Atlanta, Georgia; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         Charles G. Harker's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         Dalton; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         Catoosa Springs, Georgia; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         Chattanooga; mentions the battle of \n         Resaca[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         Resaca; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         Chattanoogawoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         Ira Pool[ \n         Edgerton, Fulton County, Ohio], \n         Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry, wounded at the battle of \n         Missionary Ridge[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         Richmondby General \n         Ulysses S. Grant.","[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         Andrew Johnson; \n         Ira Pool's father lives in \n         Edgerton[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         Ohiosince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         William T. Sherman; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         Wilbur F. Hinmanto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         Ira Pool's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         Atlantaand describes them; says \n         Wilbur Hinmanis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         Tom Powelloffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         Royalton, Ohio, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         Berea; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         Vinings], Georgia, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         U.S. Military TelegraphHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         George B. McClellanand \n         George H. Pendletonof \n         Ohiofor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         Atlanta; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.","September 12, 1864: describes \n         Atlanta, General Sherman and General \n         George H. Thomas; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         Summit County, Ohio; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         John Bell Hood's army; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         Nashville[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         Crawford County, Iowa, after the war.","January 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         George Washington's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         Vermilion, Ohio, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         Iowagirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         Ohio; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         Frederick W. Lister] of the \n         31st Ohio Volunteer Infantryis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         Chattanoogaboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         Richmond, Virginia; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         Andrew Johnsonwill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.","May 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         George H. Thomas, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         Nashville, praising the \n         4th Army Corps's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         Oliver Perry Mortonthat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         Washingtonfor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         Edmund Kirby Smith; wants to settle in \n         Iowa; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         Atlantadont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         Texas; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         Texas\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         Nashville; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         New Orleans\"; compares \n         Mississippiand \n         Ohiorivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         Berea[Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.","July 2, 1865: in \n         New Orleans; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         San Antonio, Texas; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         Texasbut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         [Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         David Stone Stanleyfor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         Texas; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         Horatio Wright, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         Galveston, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         Port Lavaca] and \n         Victoria; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         65th Ohiois on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         Texas.","January 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         Victoriabecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         Maria Garget(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         Eau Claire, Wisconsin, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         Iowayoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         C. Marmu Photograph Gallery, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         New Orleans(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         New Orleans, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].","Charles Plummer Morrill's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         Maine( \n         Camp E. D. Keyesand \n         Augusta, September-October 1862), \n         New York( \n         Camp Maineand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         Fort Monroe, Virginia(January 1863), \n         Louisiana( \n         New Orleansand \n         Port Hudson, February and May 1863), and \n         Washington, D.C.(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         Franklin County, Maine; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         George. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         Charles Morrill(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.","Two letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         Cyrus Birney?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry, \n         Camp Baker, Washington, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         Samuel H. Merrillof \n         Portland, Maine, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         Washingtonas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         Charles P. Morrillalso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         George H. Morrill's army discharge, \n         Augusta, Maine, signed by Captain \n         Charles W. White, \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, and a captain\n         of the \n         13th United States Infantry, are also\n         present.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         Nathaniel P. Banks[1816-1894], \n         Henry Ward Beecher[1813-1887], \n         Ambrose P. Burnside[1824-1881] and \n         Franklin S. Nickerson[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook, \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libby, \n         John C. Manson, and \n         John A. Moreton(surgeons), Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdon, \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand \n         Hiram C. Vaughan(captains), Lieutenant \n         John H. True, Lieutenant Colonel \n         Charles T. Bean(24th Maine), Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomas(21st Maine) and Captain \n         Charles W. White( \n         4th Maine Light Artillery). \n         Mainemilitary units mentioned are the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, \n         21st Maine Infantry, 24th Maine ( \n         24th Maine Volunteer Militia) and \n         28th Maine Infantry.","September 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         Company E, 24th Maine(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         John C. Manson; refers to Captain \n         Hiram C. Vaughanof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         Boston, \n         Norwich, Connecticut, and \n         New York City.","November 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         New York City; may hear \n         Henry Ward Beecherpreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         Long Islandsoutheast of the city of \n         Brooklyn; attended a \n         New Yorktheater with Lieutenant \n         John H. Trueof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         Cyrus Birney; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         Hiram Vaughanmay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libbyand \n         John A. Moreton); Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomasappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         George M. Atwood's resignation, including\n         captains \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         Franklin County, Maine; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         Ambrose P. Burnsidewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         Charles T. Beanare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.","January 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         New York Citywhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         New Orleans, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fort Monroe, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fortress Monroe, Hampton Roads, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook's visit to the \n         Hampton Hospital; complains Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdonresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         New York; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         Fort Monroe; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         Mississippi Riverand \n         New Orleans; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         Franklin S. Nickerson's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         Nathaniel P. Banks's \n         Red RiverCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         Cyrus (Birney?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         New Orleanssights including statues of \n         Henry Clayand General \n         Andrew Jackson; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"","May 30, 1863: writes from \n         Port Hudsonwith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         Camp Maine, East New York, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         Washington, D.C., which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         4th Maine Light Artillery] will remain at\n         City Point, Virginia; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         Charles P Morrillletter]."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital"],"persname_ssim":["Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. 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Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill"],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":9,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:43:21.688Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00738","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00738","_root_":"viu_viu00738","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00738","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00738.xml","title_ssm":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"title_tesim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"text":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907","11031","144 items","This collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         Wilbur F. Hawxhurst[b. 1845], \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantryand \n         Charles Plummer Morrill, \n         24th Maine Infantry, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         Georgia, \n         Louisiana, \n         New York, \n         Tennesseeand \n         Texas. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         George Morrill[b. 1847], a member of the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         Charles Morrill(taken in \n         Memphis, Tennessee, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         Atlantawoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         Ohio( \n         Vermilion, \n         Elyria, \n         Youngstown, July 1862-January 1864), \n         Tennessee( \n         Chattanooga, \n         Nashville, \n         Columbus Hill, \n         Cleveland, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         Georgia( \n         Atlanta, \n         Vining Station[Vinings], \n         Catoosa Springs, August-October 1864), \n         New Orleans(July 1865) and \n         Texas( \n         Placedo Creek, \n         Victoria Countyand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).","His letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         John W.and \n         Mary Thompson(\"Bro \u0026 Sister\") of \n         Richfield, Summit County, and \n         Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         United States Christian Commission, \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission, \n         U.S. Military Telegraph, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         Soldier's Home, Nashville, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         Atlanta Campaign(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         Chattanoogaand \n         Nashville, Tennessee, \n         Vining Station[Vinings] and \n         Atlanta, Georgia, \n         New Orleans, and occupation duties in \n         Victoria County, Texas. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         U.S. Christian Commissionstationery are\n         missing pages.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885], \n         Charles G. Harker[1835-1864], \n         John Bell Hood[1831-1879], \n         Andrew Johnson[1808-1875], \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865], \n         George B. McClellan[1825-1885], \n         Oliver Perry Morton[1823-1877], \n         George H. Pendleton[1825-1889], \n         William T. Sherman[1820-1890], \n         Edmund Kirby Smith[1824-1893], \n         David Stone Stanley[1828-1902], \n         George H. Thomas[1816-1870], \n         Horatio Wright[1820-1899] and \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer[1812-1862].","Hawxhurst discusses various \n         Ohioinfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman, \n         65th Ohio; Colonel \n         Frederick W. Lister, \n         31st Ohio; \n         Ira Pool, \n         Company A, 38th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         Resaca(May 19, 1864), \n         Nashville(December 19, 1864).","A \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         William F. Hawxhurstto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         J. W. Thompson, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         Mary Thompson(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         Copopa(?), Ohio, to her nephew \n         M. M. Hawxhurstof \n         Ann Arbor, Michigan, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio, on March 3, 1866 in\n         Victoria, Texas.","October 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         George Morrill(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         Abraham Lincolnis not respected in \n         Vermilion; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         Port Hudson's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         Youngstownand compares it with \n         Richfield(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.","February 11, 1864: writes from \n         Chattanooga, Tennessee; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         Nashville; identifies his unit as \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         AtlantaCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         Cleveland, Tennessee; his brigade heading\n         for \n         Daltonand \n         Atlanta, Georgia; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         Charles G. Harker's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         Dalton; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         Catoosa Springs, Georgia; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         Chattanooga; mentions the battle of \n         Resaca[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         Resaca; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         Chattanoogawoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         Ira Pool[ \n         Edgerton, Fulton County, Ohio], \n         Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry, wounded at the battle of \n         Missionary Ridge[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         Richmondby General \n         Ulysses S. Grant.","[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         Andrew Johnson; \n         Ira Pool's father lives in \n         Edgerton[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         Ohiosince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         William T. Sherman; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         Wilbur F. Hinmanto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         Ira Pool's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         Atlantaand describes them; says \n         Wilbur Hinmanis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         Tom Powelloffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         Royalton, Ohio, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         Berea; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         Vinings], Georgia, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         U.S. Military TelegraphHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         George B. McClellanand \n         George H. Pendletonof \n         Ohiofor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         Atlanta; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.","September 12, 1864: describes \n         Atlanta, General Sherman and General \n         George H. Thomas; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         Summit County, Ohio; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         John Bell Hood's army; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         Nashville[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         Crawford County, Iowa, after the war.","January 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         George Washington's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         Vermilion, Ohio, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         Iowagirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         Ohio; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         Frederick W. Lister] of the \n         31st Ohio Volunteer Infantryis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         Chattanoogaboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         Richmond, Virginia; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         Andrew Johnsonwill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.","May 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         George H. Thomas, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         Nashville, praising the \n         4th Army Corps's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         Oliver Perry Mortonthat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         Washingtonfor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         Edmund Kirby Smith; wants to settle in \n         Iowa; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         Atlantadont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         Texas; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         Texas\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         Nashville; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         New Orleans\"; compares \n         Mississippiand \n         Ohiorivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         Berea[Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.","July 2, 1865: in \n         New Orleans; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         San Antonio, Texas; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         Texasbut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         [Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         David Stone Stanleyfor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         Texas; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         Horatio Wright, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         Galveston, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         Port Lavaca] and \n         Victoria; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         65th Ohiois on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         Texas.","January 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         Victoriabecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         Maria Garget(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         Eau Claire, Wisconsin, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         Iowayoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         C. Marmu Photograph Gallery, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         New Orleans(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         New Orleans, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].","Charles Plummer Morrill's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         Maine( \n         Camp E. D. Keyesand \n         Augusta, September-October 1862), \n         New York( \n         Camp Maineand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         Fort Monroe, Virginia(January 1863), \n         Louisiana( \n         New Orleansand \n         Port Hudson, February and May 1863), and \n         Washington, D.C.(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         Franklin County, Maine; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         George. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         Charles Morrill(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.","Two letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         Cyrus Birney?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry, \n         Camp Baker, Washington, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         Samuel H. Merrillof \n         Portland, Maine, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         Washingtonas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         Charles P. Morrillalso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         George H. Morrill's army discharge, \n         Augusta, Maine, signed by Captain \n         Charles W. White, \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, and a captain\n         of the \n         13th United States Infantry, are also\n         present.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         Nathaniel P. Banks[1816-1894], \n         Henry Ward Beecher[1813-1887], \n         Ambrose P. Burnside[1824-1881] and \n         Franklin S. Nickerson[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook, \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libby, \n         John C. Manson, and \n         John A. Moreton(surgeons), Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdon, \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand \n         Hiram C. Vaughan(captains), Lieutenant \n         John H. True, Lieutenant Colonel \n         Charles T. Bean(24th Maine), Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomas(21st Maine) and Captain \n         Charles W. White( \n         4th Maine Light Artillery). \n         Mainemilitary units mentioned are the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, \n         21st Maine Infantry, 24th Maine ( \n         24th Maine Volunteer Militia) and \n         28th Maine Infantry.","September 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         Company E, 24th Maine(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         John C. Manson; refers to Captain \n         Hiram C. Vaughanof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         Boston, \n         Norwich, Connecticut, and \n         New York City.","November 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         New York City; may hear \n         Henry Ward Beecherpreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         Long Islandsoutheast of the city of \n         Brooklyn; attended a \n         New Yorktheater with Lieutenant \n         John H. Trueof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         Cyrus Birney; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         Hiram Vaughanmay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libbyand \n         John A. Moreton); Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomasappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         George M. Atwood's resignation, including\n         captains \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         Franklin County, Maine; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         Ambrose P. Burnsidewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         Charles T. Beanare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.","January 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         New York Citywhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         New Orleans, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fort Monroe, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fortress Monroe, Hampton Roads, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook's visit to the \n         Hampton Hospital; complains Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdonresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         New York; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         Fort Monroe; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         Mississippi Riverand \n         New Orleans; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         Franklin S. Nickerson's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         Nathaniel P. Banks's \n         Red RiverCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         Cyrus (Birney?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         New Orleanssights including statues of \n         Henry Clayand General \n         Andrew Jackson; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"","May 30, 1863: writes from \n         Port Hudsonwith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         Camp Maine, East New York, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         Washington, D.C., which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         4th Maine Light Artillery] will remain at\n         City Point, Virginia; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         Charles P Morrillletter].","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"collection_ssim":["Morrill Civil War Collection \n 1862-1907"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["11031"],"unitid_tesim":["11031"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Charles F.\n         Morrill"],"creator_ssim":["Charles F.\n         Morrill"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital"],"creators_ssim":["Wilbur F. Hawxhurst","Charles Plummer Morrill","George Morrill","Charles Morrill","John W.","Mary Thompson","Ulysses S. Grant","Charles G. Harker","John Bell Hood","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","George B. McClellan","Oliver Perry Morton","George H. Pendleton","William T. Sherman","Edmund Kirby Smith","David Stone Stanley","George H. Thomas","Horatio Wright","Felix Kirk Zollicoffer","Wilbur F. Hinman","Frederick W. Lister","Ira Pool","Joseph F. Sonnestine","Joseph H. Wilsey","William F. Hawxhurst","J. W. Thompson","M. M. Hawxhurst","Wilbur Hinman","Tom Powell","John Bell Hood's army","George Washington","Maria Garget","George","Cyrus Birney","Samuel H. Merrill","Charles P. Morrill","George H. Morrill","Charles W. White","Nathaniel P. Banks","Henry Ward Beecher","Ambrose P. Burnside","Franklin S. Nickerson","Frederic R. Esterbrook","Roscoe L. Harlow","Ansel J. Libby","John C. Manson","John A. Moreton","Frederick A. Hodsdon","Arthur Deering","Samuel S. Brown","Hiram C. Vaughan","John H. True","Charles T. Bean","Silas C. Thomas","Hiram Vaughan","George M. Atwood","Cyrus (Birney","Henry Clay","Andrew Jackson","Charles P Morrill","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","24th Maine Infantry","4th Maine Light Artillery","United States Christian Commission","U.S. Sanitary Commission","U.S. Military Telegraph","Soldier's Home, Nashville","U.S. Christian Commission","65th Ohio","31st Ohio","Company A, 38th Ohio","Company E, 65th Ohio","Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry","U.S. Christian\n         Commission","31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry","4th Army Corps","San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad","C. Marmu Photograph Gallery","Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry","13th United States Infantry","21st Maine Infantry","24th Maine Volunteer Militia","28th Maine Infantry","Company E, 24th Maine","Hampton Hospital"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Morrill Civil War Collection was placed on deposit\n            in the Library by Mr. Charles F. Morrill of\n            Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 27, 1992."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["144 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026amp; 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003e[b. 1845], \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Plummer Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e24th Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e[b. 1847], a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(taken in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMemphis, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003e's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026amp; 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eElyria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYoungstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 1862-January 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eColumbus Hill\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003e, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVining Station\u003c/geogname\u003e[Vinings], \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatoosa Springs\u003c/geogname\u003e, August-October 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e(July 1865) and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePlacedo Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria County\u003c/geogname\u003eand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHis letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"John W. Thompson\"\u003eJohn W.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(\"Bro \u0026amp; Sister\") of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichfield, Summit County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Christian Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Sanitary Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Military Telegraph\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSoldier's Home, Nashville\u003c/corpname\u003e, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta Campaign\u003c/geogname\u003e(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVining Station\u003c/geogname\u003e[Vinings] and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, and occupation duties in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery are\n         missing pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e[1822-1885], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Harker\u003c/persname\u003e[1835-1864], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bell Hood\u003c/persname\u003e[1831-1879], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e[1808-1875], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e[1809-1865], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge B. McClellan\u003c/persname\u003e[1825-1885], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Perry Morton\u003c/persname\u003e[1823-1877], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e[1825-1889], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Sherman\u003c/persname\u003e[1820-1890], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Kirby Smith\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1893], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Stone Stanley\u003c/persname\u003e[1828-1902], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e[1816-1870], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Wright\u003c/persname\u003e[1820-1899] and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFelix Kirk Zollicoffer\u003c/persname\u003e[1812-1862].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHawxhurst discusses various \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003einfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick W. Lister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e31st Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany A, 38th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph F. Sonnestine\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e; Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph H. Wilsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 19, 1864), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 19, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eA \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003eto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. W. Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCopopa(?), Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her nephew \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. M. Hawxhurst\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnn Arbor, Michigan\u003c/geogname\u003e, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph F. Sonnestine\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 3, 1866 in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOctober 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eis not respected in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion\u003c/geogname\u003e; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003e's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYoungstown\u003c/geogname\u003eand compares it with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichfield\u003c/geogname\u003e(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 11, 1864: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e; identifies his unit as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFelix Kirk Zollicoffer\u003c/persname\u003e; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003eCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e; his brigade heading\n         for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDalton\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Harker\u003c/persname\u003e's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDalton\u003c/geogname\u003e; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatoosa Springs, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eResaca\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e[ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgerton, Fulton County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e], \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCo A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, wounded at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMissionary Ridge\u003c/geogname\u003e[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Sanitary Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eby General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian\n         Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e's father lives in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgerton\u003c/geogname\u003e[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003esince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Sherman\u003c/persname\u003e; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003eto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIra Pool\u003c/persname\u003e's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Christian\n         Commission\u003c/corpname\u003estationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003eand describes them; says \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur Hinman\u003c/persname\u003eis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTom Powell\u003c/persname\u003eoffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoyalton, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerea\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVinings], Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Military Telegraph\u003c/corpname\u003eHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge B. McClellan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003efor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeptember 12, 1864: describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003e, General Sherman and General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSummit County, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bell Hood's army\u003c/persname\u003e; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCrawford County, Iowa\u003c/geogname\u003e, after the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVermilion, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003egirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003e; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick W. Lister\u003c/persname\u003e] of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003eis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChattanooga\u003c/geogname\u003eboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMay 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, praising the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Army Corps\u003c/corpname\u003e's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Perry Morton\u003c/persname\u003ethat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003efor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Kirby Smith\u003c/persname\u003e; wants to settle in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003e; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta\u003c/geogname\u003edont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e\"; compares \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMississippi\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003erivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerea\u003c/geogname\u003e[Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph H. Wilsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003e], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJuly 2, 1865: in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Antonio, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilbur F. Hinman\u003c/persname\u003e; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003ebut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         \u003cgeogname\u003e[Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Stone Stanley\u003c/persname\u003efor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Wright\u003c/persname\u003e, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGalveston\u003c/geogname\u003e, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSan Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003e]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Lavaca\u003c/geogname\u003e] and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003e; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e65th Ohio\u003c/corpname\u003eis on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003ebecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garget\u003c/persname\u003e(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEau Claire, Wisconsin\u003c/geogname\u003e, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003eyoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC. Marmu Photograph Gallery\u003c/corpname\u003e, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Plummer Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp E. D. Keyes\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta\u003c/geogname\u003e, September-October 1862), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Maine\u003c/geogname\u003eand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 1863), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003e, February and May 1863), and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin County, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"George Morrill\"\u003eGeorge\u003c/persname\u003e. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus Birney\u003c/persname\u003e?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Baker, Washington\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Merrill\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePortland, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003eas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles P. Morrill\u003c/persname\u003ealso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Morrill\u003c/persname\u003e's army discharge, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e, signed by Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. White\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, and a captain\n         of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th United States Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, are also\n         present.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003e[1816-1894], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ward Beecher\u003c/persname\u003e[1813-1887], \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAmbrose P. Burnside\u003c/persname\u003e[1824-1881] and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFranklin S. Nickerson\u003c/persname\u003e[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederic R. Esterbrook\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRoscoe L. Harlow\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnsel J. Libby\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn C. Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Moreton\u003c/persname\u003e(surgeons), Chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick A. Hodsdon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Deering\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel S. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram C. Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003e(captains), Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. True\u003c/persname\u003e, Lieutenant Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. Bean\u003c/persname\u003e(24th Maine), Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas C. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e(21st Maine) and Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. White\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e). \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003emilitary units mentioned are the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e21st Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e, 24th Maine ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e24th Maine Volunteer Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e) and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e28th Maine Infantry\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeptember 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCompany E, 24th Maine\u003c/corpname\u003e(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn C. Manson\u003c/persname\u003e; refers to Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram C. Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003eof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorwich, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNovember 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; may hear \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ward Beecher\u003c/persname\u003epreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003esoutheast of the city of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrooklyn\u003c/geogname\u003e; attended a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003etheater with Lieutenant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. True\u003c/persname\u003eof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus Birney\u003c/persname\u003e; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHiram Vaughan\u003c/persname\u003emay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRoscoe L. Harlow\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnsel J. Libby\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Moreton\u003c/persname\u003e); Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas C. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge M. Atwood\u003c/persname\u003e's resignation, including\n         captains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Deering\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel S. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin County, Maine\u003c/geogname\u003e; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAmbrose P. Burnside\u003c/persname\u003ewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. Bean\u003c/persname\u003eare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJanuary 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFortress Monroe, Hampton Roads\u003c/geogname\u003e, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederic R. Esterbrook\u003c/persname\u003e's visit to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e; complains Chaplain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick A. Hodsdon\u003c/persname\u003eresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Monroe\u003c/geogname\u003e; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMississippi River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFranklin S. Nickerson\u003c/persname\u003e's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003e's \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRed River\u003c/geogname\u003eCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCyrus (Birney\u003c/persname\u003e?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003esights including statues of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Clay\u003c/persname\u003eand General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMay 30, 1863: writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Hudson\u003c/geogname\u003ewith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Maine, East New York\u003c/geogname\u003e, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e4th Maine Light Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e] will remain at\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCity Point, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles P Morrill\u003c/persname\u003eletter].\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of 144 items, 1862-1866, 1902\n         \u0026 1907, pertaining to Corporal \n         Wilbur F. Hawxhurst[b. 1845], \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantryand \n         Charles Plummer Morrill, \n         24th Maine Infantry, describing their\n         experiences during and after the Civil War in \n         Georgia, \n         Louisiana, \n         New York, \n         Tennesseeand \n         Texas. Also present are military\n         discharge papers for Hawxhurst and Morrill's brother \n         George Morrill[b. 1847], a member of the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, a photograph\n         of Hawxhurst (see his letter of January 31, 1866) and three\n         ambrotypes: \n         Charles Morrill(taken in \n         Memphis, Tennessee, 1863), an\n         unidentified woman and an unidentified man. A calotype print\n         of an unidentified young \n         Atlantawoman is attached to Hawxhurst's\n         letter of May 31, 1865. The letters of Hawxhurst and Morrill\n         are described below as two separate groups.","Wilbur F. Hawxhurst's letters (1862-1866,\n         1902 \u0026 1907, 109 items) were written in \n         Ohio( \n         Vermilion, \n         Elyria, \n         Youngstown, July 1862-January 1864), \n         Tennessee( \n         Chattanooga, \n         Nashville, \n         Columbus Hill, \n         Cleveland, February-August,\n         October-December 1864, January-June 1865), \n         Georgia( \n         Atlanta, \n         Vining Station[Vinings], \n         Catoosa Springs, August-October 1864), \n         New Orleans(July 1865) and \n         Texas( \n         Placedo Creek, \n         Victoria Countyand Camp Irwin, July\n         1865-February 1866).","His letters are chiefly to his brother-in-law and sister\n         Reverend \n         John W.and \n         Mary Thompson(\"Bro \u0026 Sister\") of \n         Richfield, Summit County, and \n         Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio(see\n         letters of April 16, 1865 and January 31, 1866); there are\n         nine empty letter envelopes addressed to Reverend Thompson\n         from Hawxhurst. Sometimes Hawxhurst wrote more than one letter\n         on the same day; several letters on \"Office Union Line\n         Express,\" \n         United States Christian Commission, \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission, \n         U.S. Military Telegraph, \"Head-Quarters\n         District of the Etowah,\" \"Head Quarters 2d Division 4th Army\n         Corps,\" \"Head Quarters, Central District of Texas\" and \n         Soldier's Home, Nashville, stationery are\n         present. Topics of discussion include family and local news,\n         complaints about lack of letters, derogatory commentary on\n         African-Americans; the \n         Atlanta Campaign(Hawxhurst was more of a\n         witness than participant), his activities as a hospital nurse,\n         patient and detached duty as a company (chief) clerk at \n         Chattanoogaand \n         Nashville, Tennessee, \n         Vining Station[Vinings] and \n         Atlanta, Georgia, \n         New Orleans, and occupation duties in \n         Victoria County, Texas. Select letters\n         from July to August 1865 were numbered by Hawxhurst (1 to 13;\n         some are missing); two Hawxhurst letters (post June 8 and July\n         1864) on \n         U.S. Christian Commissionstationery are\n         missing pages.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Hawxhurst include: \n         Ulysses S. Grant[1822-1885], \n         Charles G. Harker[1835-1864], \n         John Bell Hood[1831-1879], \n         Andrew Johnson[1808-1875], \n         Abraham Lincoln[1809-1865], \n         George B. McClellan[1825-1885], \n         Oliver Perry Morton[1823-1877], \n         George H. Pendleton[1825-1889], \n         William T. Sherman[1820-1890], \n         Edmund Kirby Smith[1824-1893], \n         David Stone Stanley[1828-1902], \n         George H. Thomas[1816-1870], \n         Horatio Wright[1820-1899] and \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer[1812-1862].","Hawxhurst discusses various \n         Ohioinfantry regiments (the 31st, 38th,\n         64th, 65th) and various military personnel: Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman, \n         65th Ohio; Colonel \n         Frederick W. Lister, \n         31st Ohio; \n         Ira Pool, \n         Company A, 38th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio; Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio. Places or events discussed or\n         described include contemporary events and issues, military\n         camp life, Lincoln's assassination, and the battles of \n         Resaca(May 19, 1864), \n         Nashville(December 19, 1864).","A \"Hawxhurst Miscellaneous\" folders contains nine empty\n         letter envelopes from \n         William F. Hawxhurstto his brother-in-law\n         Reverend \n         J. W. Thompson, 1864-1865, and an October\n         30, 1902 letter from \n         Mary Thompson(Hawxhurst's sister), \n         Copopa(?), Ohio, to her nephew \n         M. M. Hawxhurstof \n         Ann Arbor, Michigan, scolding him and his\n         father (William) for not writing since their last visit and\n         promising to send M. M. a wartime photograph of his father\n         (see letter January 31, 1866). Also present is a February 16,\n         1907 certificate of Hawxhurst's army discharge with an April\n         29, 1880 copy of the record. It attests he was discharged by\n         Captain \n         Joseph F. Sonnestine, \n         Company E, 65th Ohio, on March 3, 1866 in\n         Victoria, Texas.","October 16, 1862: on patriotic stationery; asks about \n         George Morrill(?); lists discharged and\n         drafted men and those who obtained substitutes; is employed as\n         a telegraph operator. January 25, 1863: complains \n         Abraham Lincolnis not respected in \n         Vermilion; his employer wants him to\n         study bookkeeping and penmanship; July 15, 1863: still a\n         civilian and discusses wages for a job offer; has just heard\n         of \n         Port Hudson's (Louisiana) surrender [July\n         8, 1863]; November 19, 1863: describes \n         Youngstownand compares it with \n         Richfield(his sister's residence)\n         December 18, 1863: has \"15 regular correspondents\"; earns\n         $25.00 a month; discusses religion.","February 11, 1864: writes from \n         Chattanooga, Tennessee; is now a soldier\n         employed as a clerk at the headquarters of the District of\n         Etowah; food consists of potatoes \"three times a day,\" beef\n         and pork; April 18, 1864: writes from \n         Nashville; identifies his unit as \n         Company E, 65th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry; encloses a piece of stick from the grave\n         of Confederate General \n         Felix Kirk Zollicoffer; May 4, 1864: hard\n         marching [beginning of \n         AtlantaCampaign]; mentions presence of\n         flocks of \"negroes and white trash\"; describes the weather and\n         countryside of \n         Cleveland, Tennessee; his brigade heading\n         for \n         Daltonand \n         Atlanta, Georgia; May 5, 1864: mentions\n         General \n         Charles G. Harker's orders to the brigade\n         in pursuit of the rebels to \n         Dalton; description of a hard luck rebel\n         family; May 5, 1864: in camp at \n         Catoosa Springs, Georgia; Gen. Harker\n         expresses confidence in victory; his company has only 18 men;\n         briefly mentions his equipment, including a revolver; May 19,\n         1864: writes from a general field hospital where he has\n         volunteered [as a nurse] and ordered to accompany wounded to \n         Chattanooga; mentions the battle of \n         Resaca[May 13-16, 1864]; May 19, 1864:\n         detailed account of his brigade at the battle of \n         Resaca; mentions his hospital duties,\n         \"They said I was too good a nurse to go back to the field\";\n         May 27, 1864: weather complaints; anxious to return to his\n         regiment; a \n         Chattanoogawoman had been told Yankees\n         had \"horns\" on their heads; promises to send Luella (his\n         niece; see December 26, 1864) \"a nigger to play with\"; May 28,\n         1864: describes a patient and \"fine fellow\" \n         Ira Pool[ \n         Edgerton, Fulton County, Ohio], \n         Co A, 38th Ohio Veteran Volunteer\n         Infantry, wounded at the battle of \n         Missionary Ridge[November 25, 1863];\n         description of the hospital's menu provided by the \n         U.S. Sanitary Commission; May 30, 1864:\n         predicts Union victory and capture of \n         Richmondby General \n         Ulysses S. Grant.","[Post June 8, 1864]: \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--everyone is for Lincoln and \n         Andrew Johnson; \n         Ira Pool's father lives in \n         Edgerton[pages are missing from this\n         letter]; July 1, 1864: tells his sister \"I have no earthly\n         friend who I care for except you at home, I have no\n         correspondents except you I have not received a letter from\n         any one in \n         Ohiosince I left\"; July 11, 1864: his\n         political and spiritual efforts to convert three rebel\n         patients; expects arrival of 1,000 wounded rebels from General\n         William T. Sherman; July 13, 1864: delay\n         of his mail due to movements of his brigade, admits he cries\n         when he does not receive mail; fears his diarrhea will become\n         chronic; promotion of Lieutenant \n         Wilbur F. Hinmanto captain; tells Luella\n         \"I guess the best plan is to leave the Niggers here\" [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 27, 1864]; also comments \"I do not feel\n         like coming home till the war is over\"; \n         Ira Pool's rank is second sergeant [see\n         Hawxhurst letter May 28, 1864]; [July 1864]: on \n         U.S. Christian\n         Commissionstationery--misses onions; requests a\n         comb [pages missing from this letter]; August 4, 1864: writes\n         from breastworks at \n         Atlantaand describes them; says \n         Wilbur Hinmanis the most thoughtful\n         officer in the company; August 10, 1864: weighs 95 pounds; a\n         doctor describes him as no more than a baby; August 11, 1864: \n         Tom Powelloffers to trade 89 acres of\n         land in \n         Royalton, Ohio, for the Hawxhurst house\n         and lot in \n         Berea; urges his brother to inspect the\n         property first; August 28, 1864: has been sent to the general\n         field hospital at Vining Station [ \n         Vinings], Georgia, because of his poor\n         health; August 31, 1864: on stationery of \n         U.S. Military TelegraphHawxhurst reports\n         Democratic nomination of General \n         George B. McClellanand \n         George H. Pendletonof \n         Ohiofor president and vice-president;\n         says \"Abe\" (Lincoln) rejoices in their nomination because\n         soldiers will support him; August 31, 1864: capture of \n         Atlanta; tells brother not to worry about\n         the draft.","September 12, 1864: describes \n         Atlanta, General Sherman and General \n         George H. Thomas; October 29, 1864:\n         inquires about the soldier's vote for Lincoln in \n         Summit County, Ohio; complains the war\n         has \"hanged on like grim death to a dead Nigger\"; December 13,\n         1864: pursuit of Confederate General \n         John Bell Hood's army; December 19, 1864:\n         Confederate defeat at the battle of \n         Nashville[December 15-16, 1864]; December\n         26, 1864: asks his niece Luella about her Christmas; December\n         28, 1864: plans to buy land in \n         Crawford County, Iowa, after the war.","January 22, 1865: is homesick and asks for news; February\n         1, 1865: detailed as a clerk at the Inspector General's\n         office, headquarters, District of the Etowah; February 23,\n         1865: 100-gun salute at noon in honor of \n         George Washington's birthday (February\n         22); March 1, 1865: characterizes \n         Vermilion, Ohio, as a \"God forsaken\n         hole\"; March 1, 1865: has received a letter from his \n         Iowagirl and boasts she \"is a beauty\"\n         unlike those in \n         Ohio; he misses being away from \"all\n         kinds of womanhood or girlhood\" and is glad to receive a\n         friendly letter from the fair girls up north\"; March 7, 1865:\n         Colonel Lester [ \n         Frederick W. Lister] of the \n         31st Ohio Volunteer Infantryis the new\n         inspector general; March 24, 1865: he and his comrades hand\n         over their rations to a woman (a \n         Chattanoogaboardinghouse keeper) for\n         proper cooking; April 3, 1865: mentions the capture of \n         Richmond, Virginia; earns $100 a month\n         plus rations in the quartermaster department; April 16, 1865:\n         mourns Lincoln's assassination and hopes \n         Andrew Johnsonwill remember his\n         senatorial pledge to hang traitors; encloses a poem calling\n         for vengeance against traitors; soldiers in mourning.","May 4, 1865: wants a wife after his return then will go\n         into business; has learned to ride on horseback; May 10, 1865:\n         printed General Orders No. 3, Major General \n         George H. Thomas, [Army and] Department\n         of the Cumberland, \n         Nashville, praising the \n         4th Army Corps's review of previous day;\n         in a handwritten postscript Hawxhurst tells family he is well;\n         May 18, 1865: \"had some Photos taken please find Three\n         inclosed for yourself\" [not present]; May 31, 1865: General\n         Grant has telegraphed Indiana Governor \n         Oliver Perry Mortonthat troops are to be\n         mustered out in \n         Washingtonfor final discharge and pay;\n         mentions surrender of Confederate General \n         Edmund Kirby Smith; wants to settle in \n         Iowa; in a faded pencilled postscript he\n         encloses an attached calotype print of \"a woman from \n         Atlantadont know her got it in the\n         Gallery\" [this letter is filed in an oversize folder]; June 9,\n         1865: the Army of the Cumberland's 3rd Division stacked its\n         arms and refused to go to \n         Texas; June 17, 1865: \"on board steamer\n         Emma Floyd bound for \n         Texas\"; has been detailed as a clerk at\n         division headquarters [2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army\n         Corps] and appointed to the rank of corporal; received pay of\n         $314.60 while at \n         Nashville; June 22, 1865: \"on board\n         steamer Indiana near \n         New Orleans\"; compares \n         Mississippiand \n         Ohiorivers; saw alligators; increase in\n         desertions now that the war is over; discusses Joe Wilsey of \n         Berea[Captain \n         Joseph H. Wilsey, \n         65th Ohio], an abusive brigade\n         adjutant-general who \"I will remember him as long as I live\n         just wait till he and I are both citizens\"; Wilsey assaulted\n         and nearly thrown overboard by angry soldiers.","July 2, 1865: in \n         New Orleans; unable to write home because\n         \"there is no Sabbath in the Army and especially in Military\n         Office\"; mosquitoes are not a problem, plenty of food,\n         drinking river water; rumors the regiment is to sent to \n         San Antonio, Texas; July 18, 1865: Letter\n         No. 2--mentions Captain \n         Wilbur F. Hinman; July 27, 1865: Letter\n         No. 3--is in western \n         Texasbut does not know where; July 30,\n         1865: Letter No. 4--describes area of Placido \n         [Placedo] Creek, Victoria County, Texas;\n         complains eastern troops are being mustered out faster than\n         western troops; August 3, 1865: Letter No. 6--account of daily\n         activities; blames General \n         David Stone Stanleyfor the 4th Corps'\n         transfer to \n         Texas; August 13, 1865: Letter No.\n         7--defends card playing as \"innocent relaxation\"; October 7,\n         1865: provides a brief physical description of himself;\n         October 10, 1865: quotes General Stanley's request to General \n         Horatio Wright, commander of the\n         Department of Texas, \n         Galveston, that the 64th and 65th Ohio\n         Infantry regiments be mustered out; October 17, 1865: troops\n         are at work restoring railroad [ \n         San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad]\n         between Lavaca [ \n         Port Lavaca] and \n         Victoria; complains it will be \"turned\n         over to the civil authorities and Rebels will get the benefits\n         of Union Soldiers Labor\"; November 23, 1865: Head Quarters,\n         Central District of Texas, Office Commissary of Musters; has\n         decided to remain \"until all troops are mustered out they need\n         my services in this Office\" December 3, 1865: \n         65th Ohiois on its way home except for\n         Hawxhurst; December 7, 1865: busy mustering out troops; few\n         Union families but many \"Bitter Rebels\" in \n         Texas.","January 10, 1866: expects to be mustered out in February;\n         hopes to establish a bookstore in \n         Victoriabecause \"the South's the place\n         for a young man to get a start\"; recounts a dream during which\n         he met and married an acquaintance named \n         Maria Garget(?); January 31, 1866:\n         decided to remain in the army until March; asked an \n         Eau Claire, Wisconsin, friend to address\n         letters to Hawxhurst care of \"Rev. J. W. Thompson, Pittsfield,\n         Lorain County, Ohio\"; would like to flirt with the sister of\n         his \n         Iowayoung lady (whom he has not heard\n         from in some time); encloses photograph [carte-de-visite]\n         taken at \n         C. Marmu Photograph Gallery, 69 Royal\n         Street, \n         New Orleans(\"it looks cross but it wont\n         bit if you dont tease\") showing a somber Hawxhurst in civilian\n         dress [most likely taken while stationed in \n         New Orleans, July 1865]; February 16,\n         1866: expresses appreciation to his sister and brother-in-law\n         for making him \"a better boy\"; will be home in 15 to 20 days;\n         wants to marry a girl named Ella; worries veterans unable to\n         find work [last Hawxhurst letter].","Charles Plummer Morrill's letters\n         (1862-1865, 35 items) were written in \n         Maine( \n         Camp E. D. Keyesand \n         Augusta, September-October 1862), \n         New York( \n         Camp Maineand East New York, October\n         1862-January 1863, December 1863), \n         Fort Monroe, Virginia(January 1863), \n         Louisiana( \n         New Orleansand \n         Port Hudson, February and May 1863), and \n         Washington, D.C.(April 14, 1865).\n         Morrill's letters are chiefly to his parents (his father was\n         register of deeds in \n         Franklin County, Maine; see letter of\n         December 25, 1862) and occasionally his brother \n         George. Morrill\n         was employed in his regiment's hospital department and his\n         letters discuss camp news, visits to various site and\n         miscellaneous subjects. There is a gap in his letters from\n         February 25 to May 29, 1863 and May 31 to December 3, 1863.\n         Also present is an incomplete six-page draft pencil manuscript\n         (pages 3-8) of reminiscences and Lincoln's assassination and\n         three ambrotypes including one of \n         Charles Morrill(1863), an unidentified\n         woman and an unidentified man.","Two letters were not written by Morrill. A March 28, 1864\n         letter from \"Cousin Cyrus\" [ \n         Cyrus Birney?--see Morrill's November 17,\n         1862 and February 24, 1863 letters] a member of \n         Company D, 1st District of Columbia\n         Cavalry, \n         Camp Baker, Washington, probably to\n         Morrill, inquires about his medical studies, discusses the\n         dangerous aftermath of a mounted reconnaissance, mentions\n         regimental chaplain \n         Samuel H. Merrillof \n         Portland, Maine, visits to the Capitol,\n         Senate and House of Representatives and characterizes\n         describes \n         Washingtonas \"a marshy hole.\" An undated\n         November 8 from \"Nell\" to \"Mother Morrill\" [daughter-in-law to\n         her mother-in-law?] discusses family matters, appreciates a\n         toy \"nigger baby\" sent to \"May\" from \"Grandma\" and other\n         presents to family for which \n         Charles P. Morrillalso expresses his\n         thanks in a postscript. A June 17, 1865 certificate of \n         George H. Morrill's army discharge, \n         Augusta, Maine, signed by Captain \n         Charles W. White, \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, and a captain\n         of the \n         13th United States Infantry, are also\n         present.","Prominent military officers and civilians mentioned by\n         Morrill include: \n         Nathaniel P. Banks[1816-1894], \n         Henry Ward Beecher[1813-1887], \n         Ambrose P. Burnside[1824-1881] and \n         Franklin S. Nickerson[1826-1917]. Other\n         military personnel mentioned by name include \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook, \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libby, \n         John C. Manson, and \n         John A. Moreton(surgeons), Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdon, \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand \n         Hiram C. Vaughan(captains), Lieutenant \n         John H. True, Lieutenant Colonel \n         Charles T. Bean(24th Maine), Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomas(21st Maine) and Captain \n         Charles W. White( \n         4th Maine Light Artillery). \n         Mainemilitary units mentioned are the \n         4th Maine Light Artillery, \n         21st Maine Infantry, 24th Maine ( \n         24th Maine Volunteer Militia) and \n         28th Maine Infantry.","September 27, 1862: Morrill as a member of \n         Company E, 24th Maine(24th Maine\n         Volunteer Militia); appointed a wardmaster and assigned to\n         Surgeon \n         John C. Manson; refers to Captain \n         Hiram C. Vaughanof the 24th; October 4,\n         1862: requests clothes; brief mention of his duties; October\n         18, 1862: measles outbreak in the 21st and 28th Maine Infantry\n         regiments; October 28, 1862: witnessed the departure of the\n         21st; promises to \"take care of myself and try and do my\n         duty\"; October 30, 1862: transport of regiment to \n         Boston, \n         Norwich, Connecticut, and \n         New York City.","November 2, 1862: describes sightseeing in \n         New York City; may hear \n         Henry Ward Beecherpreach next Sunday;\n         November 9, 1862: measles continues to spread within 21st and\n         24th Maine Infantry; brief mention of hospital staff; regiment\n         quartered on \n         Long Islandsoutheast of the city of \n         Brooklyn; attended a \n         New Yorktheater with Lieutenant \n         John H. Trueof Company E; describes a\n         Democratic voting hall; November 17, 1862: brief comments on a\n         Beecher sermon; accidental mortal wounding of a sergeant by\n         [Captain Vaughan]; mentions seeing \n         Cyrus Birney; November 30, 1862:\n         describes his daily work routine; December 7, 1862: lameness\n         of Captain \n         Hiram Vaughanmay lead to his discharge\n         [part of this letter is missing]; December 14, 1862: visited\n         the 28th Maine's hospital; plans to hear Beecher preach;\n         December 20, 1862: account of a Beecher sermon; Morrill\n         describes his devotionals; three new doctors assigned to the\n         regiment ( \n         Roscoe L. Harlow, \n         Ansel J. Libbyand \n         John A. Moreton); Dr. \n         Silas C. Thomasappointed the 21st Maine's\n         assistant surgeon and Morrill appointed hospital steward;\n         several officers under arrest for signing a petition calling\n         for Colonel \n         George M. Atwood's resignation, including\n         captains \n         Arthur Deering, \n         Samuel S. Brownand Vaughan; December 25,\n         1862: describes and encloses drawing of the barracks housing\n         the 21st, 24th and 28th Maine regiments; refers to his father\n         as register of deeds for \n         Franklin County, Maine; questions the\n         honesty and integrity of public and military officials; doubts\n         General \n         Ambrose P. Burnsidewill ever be\n         successful; Surgeon Libby, Colonel Atwood, and Lt. Col. \n         Charles T. Beanare ill; December 28,\n         1862: Surgeon Libby died of typhoid.","January 4, 1863: he and Surgeon Harlow undertook a walking\n         tour of \n         New York Citywhere they purchased coal;\n         complains about regiment's lack of Sabbath observances;\n         January 11, 1863: regiment has received orders to travel on\n         ship Lizzie Southard; offers his brother advice about parents\n         and girls; January 14, 1863: on board Lizzie Southard, sailing\n         for \n         New Orleans, 700 men aboard; January 19,\n         1863: \"On Board transport Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fort Monroe, \" encloses drawing of ship's\n         position; January 25, 1863: \"Ship Lizzie Southard Off \n         Fortress Monroe, Hampton Roads, \"\n         describes he and Dr. \n         Frederic R. Esterbrook's visit to the \n         Hampton Hospital; complains Chaplain \n         Frederick A. Hodsdonresigned as the\n         Southard was about to leave \n         New York; on Friday [January 23] a man\n         hanged for shooting a Negro; visited \n         Fort Monroe; steamship Vanderbilt is\n         coaling in preparation to seek out the CSS Alabama; describes\n         presence of two monitors as \"funny looking rafts\"; February\n         13, 1863: has arrived at the \n         Mississippi Riverand \n         New Orleans; describes voyage, does not\n         like sea travel; regiment assigned to General \n         Franklin S. Nickerson's Third Brigade,\n         part of General \n         Nathaniel P. Banks's \n         Red RiverCampaign; February 24, 1863:\n         description and drawing of his regiment's camp; death of\n         Assistant Surgeon Esterbrook due to typhoid; mentions \n         Cyrus (Birney?); saw Gen. Banks and \n         New Orleanssights including statues of \n         Henry Clayand General \n         Andrew Jackson; citizens are unhappy\n         rebels and \"war has laid its devastating hand with very\n         visible effect on this city.\"","May 30, 1863: writes from \n         Port Hudsonwith brief mention of the\n         first Union assault against it (May 27); December 31, 1863:\n         writes from \n         Camp Maine, East New York, that he has\n         received an appointment (but does not say exactly what type);\n         plans to study medicine as a student of Surgeon Harlow's.\n         April 14, 1865: writes to his brother from \n         Washington, D.C., which is celebrating\n         victories over the rebels; saw General Grant; asks how long\n         brother's battery [ \n         4th Maine Light Artillery] will remain at\n         City Point, Virginia; adds postscript\n         regarding Lincoln's assassination [final \n         Charles P Morrillletter]."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Spreen","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00348#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the Noland familyof Hanover County, Virginia, consist of about four hundred items, (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot), 1814, 1823-1948, chiefly letters to the three brothers, Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland(1846-1913), Frank Noland(1854-1898), and William Churchill Noland(1865-?), the sons of Callender St. George Noland(1816-1879) and Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland(1823-1901).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00348#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00348","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00348","_root_":"viu_viu00348","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00348","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00348.xml","title_ssm":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948"],"title_tesim":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948"],"text":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948","2718-d","ca. 400 items","This collection is arranged in chronological order in three\n         series, 1) Correspondence, 2) Business and Legal Papers, and\n         3) Miscellaneous Papers.","The papers of the \n         Noland familyof \n         Hanover County, Virginia, consist of\n         about four hundred items, (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot),\n         1814, 1823-1948, chiefly letters to the three brothers, \n         Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland(1846-1913),\n         Frank Noland(1854-1898), and \n         William Churchill Noland(1865-?), the\n         sons of \n         Callender St. George Noland(1816-1879)\n         and \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland(1823-1901).","Other miscellaneous papers of the \n         Noland familyinclude miscellaneous\n         correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, printed material,\n         an arithmetic example book belonging to \n         Thomas Noland(1799-1857), a brother of \n         Callender Noland, diaries (1843,\n         1845-1849), miscellaneous business and legal papers, and\n         confederate currency and postage stamps.","Letters to \n         Nelson Noland","An early letter, undated but written on the reverse side of\n         a note from Mr. Morrison of \n         Rugby Academywhich was dated February 11,\n         1851, speaks of the sale of stock, crops, farming implements\n         and slaves, excluding the \"best behaved\" slaves, from both\n         plantations, [ \n         Dewberry?] and [ \n         Endfield?]. In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         Richmond, Virginia, run by \n         Heath J. Christian. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         Virginia Military Institute, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         Callender St. George Noland, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         Mulberry Island Pointdefending the \n         James River. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         Callender Nolandmentions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         James River.","Other letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         Fanny(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         Richard Berkeley(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         Confederate Armyand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         Virginia Military Institute(August 1,\n         1863).","Other letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         William Noland [Berkeley](1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         Baltimore, Maryland, and Captain \n         Charles [Fenton Berkeley](1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         Sandusky, Ohio(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \"Endfield\"(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         Norborne Berkeleyat \n         Johnson's Island(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \"Airwell\"and the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         Richmondby the Federal forces of Col. \n         Ulric Dahlgrenand General \n         Judson Kilpatrick, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         Richmond, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         Richmond(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         New Market(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         Nick Carter's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         Aiken, South Carolina, by Cadet \n         Wharton Sinkler(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         Baltimoreor \n         Philadelphia(September 10, 1866).","Nelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         George O'Connor, City Marshall of \n         Leadville, Colorado(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         G.T. McDonaldin \n         Kokomo, Colorado(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         Callender Nolandagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         Nelson Nolandagainst the government of \n         Peru(August 2, 1888).","Beginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         Walter Cope, and \n         John and E.L. Stewardson, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         NewmarketProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).","In 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         Hanover Junctionproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         North Annaproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         D.G. Bibb's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         William C. Andersoninto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         Newmarketproperty close to the \n         Verdon RailroadStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).","Other topics include: \n         F.L. Galtabout the opportunities in the \n         Amazonand \n         Andesregions (February 4, 1903); \n         Fannie V. Candler's reference to \n         Theodore Roosevelt's invitation to \n         Booker T. Washingtonto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         Perufor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         [Richard ?] Berkeley's descendants, and \n         Edgewood, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         Amazonfriends\" (July 16 \u0026: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \"Edgewood\"and \n         \"Airwell\"properties with \n         Thomas Nelson Page(n.d.).","Letters to \n         William Churchill Noland","Frank Nolandwrites from \n         Comanche, Texas, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         Edward E. Hendrickson's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         Spring Garden Institute, \n         Philadelphia(September 13, 1893); \n         Thomas Nelson Pageconcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         Oakland Housein \n         Hanover Countyand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         Penzance, England, to visit \n         William R. Whitmorewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         Frank Nolandand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         John Stewardson(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         M.J. Dimmockdue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         Francis P. Berkeley's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         Rotundaduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026: 25, 1896); \n         Hilary P. Jonesre the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026: 28, 1919); \n         H.S. Osbornconcerning plans for \n         St. Paul's Church, \n         Miller's Tavern(March 21, 22, \u0026:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         Fiske Kimball(November 30, 1928).","Letters to \n         Frank Noland","Most of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         Mary Edmonia Noland, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         Anderson, Grymes County, Texas(1876\n         February), \n         Comanche, Comanche County, Texas(1876\n         March-July), and \n         Gainsville, Alabama(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         Californiafor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         Hanover County(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         Virginia(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         Sts. John, Summit County, Colorado(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         Gainsville, Alabamaarea, near his Uncle \n         Charles [Noland](June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         Sts. John, Colorado(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         Ashland News(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         Ulysses S. Grant's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         Virginiato work (February 15, 1877).","Miscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         John Bankhead Magruder's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         Callender Noland's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         Mulberry Island Pointto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         Fort [Powhatan?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         F.H. Smithat the \n         Virginia Military Institute(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \"Dewberry\"and the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         Richmond, Virginia(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).","The second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         Noland family. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         John S. Jamesof the firm of \n         James and Noland; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         Nelson B. Nolandwith \n         G.T. McDonaldof \n         Kokomo, Colorado; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         Mary Edmonia Noland; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         Elisha Jackson, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         Edgewood, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).","The third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         William C. Nolandand his partner,\n         including the \n         New Beth Ahabah Synagogue, the \n         Jefferson Davis Memorial, the \n         Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         CompanyTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         Virginia State Capitol Building, \n         Richmond, Virginia, \n         Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary, \n         Staunton, Virginia, \n         Eastern State Hospital, \n         Williamsburg, Virginia, \n         Joseph Bryan's Residence, \n         Eagle Point, Virginia, and \n         St. Paul's Church; obituaries of \n         Frank Noland(1898) and Major \n         William N. Berkeley[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         Fredericksburg, Virginia, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         Carter Berkeley(1939).","Miscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         R. E. Leeat an officer's banquet in \n         Mexico Cityafter the American Army had\n         taken the city.","Photographs include those of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland, [\" \n         Edgewood\" ?], \n         St. James Episcopal Church, \n         Richmond, Virginia, and \n         William Churchill Noland.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Rugby Academy","Dewberry","Endfield","Virginia Military Institute","Confederate Army","\"Endfield\"","\"Airwell\"","Verdon Railroad","Edgewood","\"Edgewood\"","Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department","Spring Garden Institute","Oakland House","Rotunda","St. Paul's Church","Miller's Tavern","\"Dewberry\"","James and Noland","New Beth Ahabah Synagogue","Jefferson Davis Memorial","Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         Company","Virginia State Capitol Building","Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary","Eastern State Hospital","St. James Episcopal Church","Noland family","Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland","Frank Noland","William Churchill Noland","Callender St. George Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland","Thomas Noland","Callender Noland","Nelson Noland","Heath J. Christian","Fanny","Richard Berkeley","William Noland [Berkeley]","Charles [Fenton Berkeley]","Norborne Berkeley","Ulric Dahlgren","Judson Kilpatrick","Nick Carter","Wharton Sinkler","George O'Connor","G.T. McDonald","Walter Cope","John and E.L. Stewardson","D.G. Bibb","William C. Anderson","F.L. Galt","Fannie V. Candler","Theodore Roosevelt","Booker T. Washington","[Richard ?] Berkeley","Thomas Nelson Page","Edward E. Hendrickson","William R. Whitmore","John Stewardson","M.J. Dimmock","Francis P. Berkeley","Hilary P. Jones","H.S. Osborn","Fiske Kimball","Mary Edmonia Noland","Charles [Noland]","Ulysses S. Grant","John Bankhead Magruder","F.H. Smith","Nelson B. Noland","John S. James","Elisha Jackson","William C. Noland","Joseph Bryan","William N. Berkeley","Carter Berkeley","Mary Edmonia Berkeley","Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley","R. E. 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Noland of Colorado\n            Springs, Mrs. Karl Young, Jr., of Roxbury, Connecticut, and\n            Mrs. Allan R. Spreen of Ponte Verde, Florida, gave the\n            Noland Family Papers to the Library through Edmund\n            Berkeley, Jr. on March 13, 1989."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 400 items"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in chronological order in three\n         series, 1) Correspondence, 2) Business and Legal Papers, and\n         3) Miscellaneous Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in chronological order in three\n         series, 1) Correspondence, 2) Business and Legal Papers, and\n         3) Miscellaneous Papers."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of\n         about four hundred items, (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot),\n         1814, 1823-1948, chiefly letters to the three brothers, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Berkeley Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1846-1913),\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1854-1898), and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Churchill Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1865-?), the\n         sons of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender St. George Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1816-1879)\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1823-1901).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther miscellaneous papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003einclude miscellaneous\n         correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, printed material,\n         an arithmetic example book belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1799-1857), a brother of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, diaries (1843,\n         1845-1849), miscellaneous business and legal papers, and\n         confederate currency and postage stamps.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAn early letter, undated but written on the reverse side of\n         a note from Mr. Morrison of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRugby Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich was dated February 11,\n         1851, speaks of the sale of stock, crops, farming implements\n         and slaves, excluding the \"best behaved\" slaves, from both\n         plantations, [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDewberry\u003c/corpname\u003e?] and [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEndfield\u003c/corpname\u003e?]. In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHeath J. Christian\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender St. George Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMulberry Island Point\u003c/geogname\u003edefending the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJames River\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003ementions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJames River\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny\u003c/persname\u003e(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(August 1,\n         1863).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Noland [Berkeley]\u003c/persname\u003e(1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles [Fenton Berkeley]\u003c/persname\u003e(1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSandusky, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Endfield\"\u003c/corpname\u003e(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJohnson's Island\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Airwell\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eby the Federal forces of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlric Dahlgren\u003c/persname\u003eand General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudson Kilpatrick\u003c/persname\u003e, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNick Carter\u003c/persname\u003e's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAiken, South Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e, by Cadet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWharton Sinkler\u003c/persname\u003e(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eor \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 10, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge O'Connor\u003c/persname\u003e, City Marshall of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLeadville, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.T. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKokomo, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson Noland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the government of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePeru\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 2, 1888).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Cope\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn and E.L. Stewardson\u003c/persname\u003e, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNewmarket\u003c/geogname\u003eProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover Junction\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Anna\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD.G. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Anderson\u003c/persname\u003einto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNewmarket\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty close to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVerdon Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003eStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eF.L. Galt\u003c/persname\u003eabout the opportunities in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAndes\u003c/geogname\u003eregions (February 4, 1903); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFannie V. Candler\u003c/persname\u003e's reference to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's invitation to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBooker T. Washington\u003c/persname\u003eto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePeru\u003c/geogname\u003efor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Richard ?] Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e's descendants, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgewood\u003c/corpname\u003e, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon\u003c/geogname\u003efriends\" (July 16 \u0026amp;: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Edgewood\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Airwell\"\u003c/corpname\u003eproperties with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e(n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Churchill Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eComanche, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOffice of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Hendrickson\u003c/persname\u003e's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSpring Garden Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 13, 1893); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOakland House\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County\u003c/geogname\u003eand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePenzance, England\u003c/geogname\u003e, to visit \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam R. Whitmore\u003c/persname\u003ewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewardson\u003c/persname\u003e(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM.J. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003edue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis P. Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026amp;: 25, 1896); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHilary P. Jones\u003c/persname\u003ere the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026amp;: 28, 1919); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH.S. Osborn\u003c/persname\u003econcerning plans for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMiller's Tavern\u003c/corpname\u003e(March 21, 22, \u0026amp;:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e(November 30, 1928).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMost of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnderson, Grymes County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876\n         February), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eComanche, Comanche County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876\n         March-July), and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003efor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSts. John, Summit County, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003earea, near his Uncle \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles [Noland]\u003c/persname\u003e(June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSts. John, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAshland News\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work (February 15, 1877).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bankhead Magruder\u003c/persname\u003e's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003e's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMulberry Island Point\u003c/geogname\u003eto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort [Powhatan\u003c/geogname\u003e?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eF.H. Smith\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/geogname\u003e(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Dewberry\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003e. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn S. James\u003c/persname\u003eof the firm of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Noland\u003c/corpname\u003e; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.T. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKokomo, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Noland\u003c/persname\u003e; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElisha Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgewood\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand his partner,\n         including the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Beth Ahabah Synagogue\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis Memorial\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003eTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Capitol Building\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAgnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e's Residence, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEagle Point, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e; obituaries of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1898) and Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam N. Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. E. Lee\u003c/persname\u003eat an officer's banquet in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMexico City\u003c/geogname\u003eafter the American Army had\n         taken the city.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs include those of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Berkeley Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, [\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgewood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" ?], \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. James Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Churchill Noland\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n         Noland familyof \n         Hanover County, Virginia, consist of\n         about four hundred items, (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot),\n         1814, 1823-1948, chiefly letters to the three brothers, \n         Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland(1846-1913),\n         Frank Noland(1854-1898), and \n         William Churchill Noland(1865-?), the\n         sons of \n         Callender St. George Noland(1816-1879)\n         and \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland(1823-1901).","Other miscellaneous papers of the \n         Noland familyinclude miscellaneous\n         correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, printed material,\n         an arithmetic example book belonging to \n         Thomas Noland(1799-1857), a brother of \n         Callender Noland, diaries (1843,\n         1845-1849), miscellaneous business and legal papers, and\n         confederate currency and postage stamps.","Letters to \n         Nelson Noland","An early letter, undated but written on the reverse side of\n         a note from Mr. Morrison of \n         Rugby Academywhich was dated February 11,\n         1851, speaks of the sale of stock, crops, farming implements\n         and slaves, excluding the \"best behaved\" slaves, from both\n         plantations, [ \n         Dewberry?] and [ \n         Endfield?]. In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         Richmond, Virginia, run by \n         Heath J. Christian. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         Virginia Military Institute, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         Callender St. George Noland, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         Mulberry Island Pointdefending the \n         James River. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         Callender Nolandmentions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         James River.","Other letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         Fanny(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         Richard Berkeley(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         Confederate Armyand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         Virginia Military Institute(August 1,\n         1863).","Other letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         William Noland [Berkeley](1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         Baltimore, Maryland, and Captain \n         Charles [Fenton Berkeley](1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         Sandusky, Ohio(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \"Endfield\"(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         Norborne Berkeleyat \n         Johnson's Island(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \"Airwell\"and the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         Richmondby the Federal forces of Col. \n         Ulric Dahlgrenand General \n         Judson Kilpatrick, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         Richmond, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         Richmond(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         New Market(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         Nick Carter's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         Aiken, South Carolina, by Cadet \n         Wharton Sinkler(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         Baltimoreor \n         Philadelphia(September 10, 1866).","Nelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         George O'Connor, City Marshall of \n         Leadville, Colorado(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         G.T. McDonaldin \n         Kokomo, Colorado(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         Callender Nolandagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         Nelson Nolandagainst the government of \n         Peru(August 2, 1888).","Beginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         Walter Cope, and \n         John and E.L. Stewardson, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         NewmarketProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).","In 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         Hanover Junctionproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         North Annaproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         D.G. Bibb's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         William C. Andersoninto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         Newmarketproperty close to the \n         Verdon RailroadStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).","Other topics include: \n         F.L. Galtabout the opportunities in the \n         Amazonand \n         Andesregions (February 4, 1903); \n         Fannie V. Candler's reference to \n         Theodore Roosevelt's invitation to \n         Booker T. Washingtonto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         Perufor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         [Richard ?] Berkeley's descendants, and \n         Edgewood, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         Amazonfriends\" (July 16 \u0026: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \"Edgewood\"and \n         \"Airwell\"properties with \n         Thomas Nelson Page(n.d.).","Letters to \n         William Churchill Noland","Frank Nolandwrites from \n         Comanche, Texas, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         Edward E. Hendrickson's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         Spring Garden Institute, \n         Philadelphia(September 13, 1893); \n         Thomas Nelson Pageconcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         Oakland Housein \n         Hanover Countyand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         Penzance, England, to visit \n         William R. Whitmorewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         Frank Nolandand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         John Stewardson(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         M.J. Dimmockdue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         Francis P. Berkeley's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         Rotundaduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026: 25, 1896); \n         Hilary P. Jonesre the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026: 28, 1919); \n         H.S. Osbornconcerning plans for \n         St. Paul's Church, \n         Miller's Tavern(March 21, 22, \u0026:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         Fiske Kimball(November 30, 1928).","Letters to \n         Frank Noland","Most of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         Mary Edmonia Noland, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         Anderson, Grymes County, Texas(1876\n         February), \n         Comanche, Comanche County, Texas(1876\n         March-July), and \n         Gainsville, Alabama(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         Californiafor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         Hanover County(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         Virginia(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         Sts. John, Summit County, Colorado(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         Gainsville, Alabamaarea, near his Uncle \n         Charles [Noland](June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         Sts. John, Colorado(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         Ashland News(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         Ulysses S. Grant's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         Virginiato work (February 15, 1877).","Miscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         John Bankhead Magruder's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         Callender Noland's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         Mulberry Island Pointto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         Fort [Powhatan?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         F.H. Smithat the \n         Virginia Military Institute(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \"Dewberry\"and the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         Richmond, Virginia(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).","The second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         Noland family. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         John S. Jamesof the firm of \n         James and Noland; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         Nelson B. Nolandwith \n         G.T. McDonaldof \n         Kokomo, Colorado; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         Mary Edmonia Noland; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         Elisha Jackson, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         Edgewood, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).","The third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         William C. Nolandand his partner,\n         including the \n         New Beth Ahabah Synagogue, the \n         Jefferson Davis Memorial, the \n         Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         CompanyTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         Virginia State Capitol Building, \n         Richmond, Virginia, \n         Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary, \n         Staunton, Virginia, \n         Eastern State Hospital, \n         Williamsburg, Virginia, \n         Joseph Bryan's Residence, \n         Eagle Point, Virginia, and \n         St. Paul's Church; obituaries of \n         Frank Noland(1898) and Major \n         William N. Berkeley[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         Fredericksburg, Virginia, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         Carter Berkeley(1939).","Miscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         R. E. Leeat an officer's banquet in \n         Mexico Cityafter the American Army had\n         taken the city.","Photographs include those of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland, [\" \n         Edgewood\" ?], \n         St. James Episcopal Church, \n         Richmond, Virginia, and \n         William Churchill Noland."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         Richmond, Virginia, run by \n         Heath J. Christian. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         Virginia Military Institute, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         Callender St. George Noland, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         Mulberry Island Pointdefending the \n         James River. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         Callender Nolandmentions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         James River.","Other letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         Fanny(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         Richard Berkeley(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         Confederate Armyand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         Virginia Military Institute(August 1,\n         1863).","Other letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         William Noland [Berkeley](1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         Baltimore, Maryland, and Captain \n         Charles [Fenton Berkeley](1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         Sandusky, Ohio(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \"Endfield\"(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         Norborne Berkeleyat \n         Johnson's Island(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \"Airwell\"and the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         Richmondby the Federal forces of Col. \n         Ulric Dahlgrenand General \n         Judson Kilpatrick, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         Richmond, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         Richmond(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         New Market(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         Nick Carter's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         Aiken, South Carolina, by Cadet \n         Wharton Sinkler(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         Baltimoreor \n         Philadelphia(September 10, 1866).","Nelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         George O'Connor, City Marshall of \n         Leadville, Colorado(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         G.T. McDonaldin \n         Kokomo, Colorado(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         Callender Nolandagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         Nelson Nolandagainst the government of \n         Peru(August 2, 1888).","Beginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         Walter Cope, and \n         John and E.L. Stewardson, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         NewmarketProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).","In 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         Hanover Junctionproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         North Annaproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         D.G. Bibb's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         William C. Andersoninto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         Newmarketproperty close to the \n         Verdon RailroadStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).","Other topics include: \n         F.L. Galtabout the opportunities in the \n         Amazonand \n         Andesregions (February 4, 1903); \n         Fannie V. Candler's reference to \n         Theodore Roosevelt's invitation to \n         Booker T. Washingtonto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         Perufor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         [Richard ?] Berkeley's descendants, and \n         Edgewood, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         Amazonfriends\" (July 16 \u0026: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \"Edgewood\"and \n         \"Airwell\"properties with \n         Thomas Nelson Page(n.d.).","Letters to \n         William Churchill Noland","Frank Nolandwrites from \n         Comanche, Texas, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         Edward E. Hendrickson's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         Spring Garden Institute, \n         Philadelphia(September 13, 1893); \n         Thomas Nelson Pageconcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         Oakland Housein \n         Hanover Countyand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         Penzance, England, to visit \n         William R. Whitmorewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         Frank Nolandand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         John Stewardson(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         M.J. Dimmockdue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         Francis P. Berkeley's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         Rotundaduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026: 25, 1896); \n         Hilary P. Jonesre the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026: 28, 1919); \n         H.S. Osbornconcerning plans for \n         St. Paul's Church, \n         Miller's Tavern(March 21, 22, \u0026:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         Fiske Kimball(November 30, 1928).","Letters to \n         Frank Noland","Most of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         Mary Edmonia Noland, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         Anderson, Grymes County, Texas(1876\n         February), \n         Comanche, Comanche County, Texas(1876\n         March-July), and \n         Gainsville, Alabama(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         Californiafor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         Hanover County(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         Virginia(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         Sts. John, Summit County, Colorado(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         Gainsville, Alabamaarea, near his Uncle \n         Charles [Noland](June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         Sts. John, Colorado(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         Ashland News(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         Ulysses S. Grant's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         Virginiato work (February 15, 1877).","Miscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         John Bankhead Magruder's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         Callender Noland's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         Mulberry Island Pointto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         Fort [Powhatan?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         F.H. Smithat the \n         Virginia Military Institute(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \"Dewberry\"and the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         Richmond, Virginia(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).","The second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         Noland family. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         John S. Jamesof the firm of \n         James and Noland; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         Nelson B. Nolandwith \n         G.T. McDonaldof \n         Kokomo, Colorado; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         Mary Edmonia Noland; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         Elisha Jackson, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         Edgewood, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).","The third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         William C. Nolandand his partner,\n         including the \n         New Beth Ahabah Synagogue, the \n         Jefferson Davis Memorial, the \n         Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         CompanyTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         Virginia State Capitol Building, \n         Richmond, Virginia, \n         Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary, \n         Staunton, Virginia, \n         Eastern State Hospital, \n         Williamsburg, Virginia, \n         Joseph Bryan's Residence, \n         Eagle Point, Virginia, and \n         St. Paul's Church; obituaries of \n         Frank Noland(1898) and Major \n         William N. Berkeley[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         Fredericksburg, Virginia, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         Carter Berkeley(1939).","Miscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         R. E. Leeat an officer's banquet in \n         Mexico Cityafter the American Army had\n         taken the city.","Photographs include those of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland, [\" \n         Edgewood\" ?], \n         St. James Episcopal Church, \n         Richmond, Virginia, and \n         William Churchill Noland.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Rugby Academy","Dewberry","Endfield","Virginia Military Institute","Confederate Army","\"Endfield\"","\"Airwell\"","Verdon Railroad","Edgewood","\"Edgewood\"","Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department","Spring Garden Institute","Oakland House","Rotunda","St. Paul's Church","Miller's Tavern","\"Dewberry\"","James and Noland","New Beth Ahabah Synagogue","Jefferson Davis Memorial","Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         Company","Virginia State Capitol Building","Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary","Eastern State Hospital","St. James Episcopal Church","Noland family","Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland","Frank Noland","William Churchill Noland","Callender St. George Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland","Thomas Noland","Callender Noland","Nelson Noland","Heath J. Christian","Fanny","Richard Berkeley","William Noland [Berkeley]","Charles [Fenton Berkeley]","Norborne Berkeley","Ulric Dahlgren","Judson Kilpatrick","Nick Carter","Wharton Sinkler","George O'Connor","G.T. McDonald","Walter Cope","John and E.L. Stewardson","D.G. Bibb","William C. Anderson","F.L. Galt","Fannie V. Candler","Theodore Roosevelt","Booker T. Washington","[Richard ?] Berkeley","Thomas Nelson Page","Edward E. Hendrickson","William R. Whitmore","John Stewardson","M.J. Dimmock","Francis P. Berkeley","Hilary P. Jones","H.S. Osborn","Fiske Kimball","Mary Edmonia Noland","Charles [Noland]","Ulysses S. Grant","John Bankhead Magruder","F.H. Smith","Nelson B. Noland","John S. James","Elisha Jackson","William C. Noland","Joseph Bryan","William N. Berkeley","Carter Berkeley","Mary Edmonia Berkeley","Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley","R. E. Lee","Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland","Letters to Nelson Berkeley\n                     Noland","William Churchill\n                  Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n                  Noland","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948"],"collection_ssim":["Noland Family Papers \n 1814, 1823-1948"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2718-d"],"unitid_tesim":["2718-d"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["The heirs of the estate of Mrs.\n         William C. Noland, Mr. Nelson B. Noland, Mrs. Karl Young, Jr.,\n         and Mrs. Allan R. Spreen"],"creator_ssim":["The heirs of the estate of Mrs.\n         William C. Noland, Mr. Nelson B. Noland, Mrs. Karl Young, Jr.,\n         and Mrs. Allan R. Spreen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland","Frank Noland","William Churchill Noland","Callender St. George Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland","Thomas Noland","Callender Noland","Nelson Noland","Heath J. Christian","Fanny","Richard Berkeley","William Noland [Berkeley]","Charles [Fenton Berkeley]","Norborne Berkeley","Ulric Dahlgren","Judson Kilpatrick","Nick Carter","Wharton Sinkler","George O'Connor","G.T. McDonald","Walter Cope","John and E.L. Stewardson","D.G. Bibb","William C. Anderson","F.L. Galt","Fannie V. Candler","Theodore Roosevelt","Booker T. Washington","[Richard ?] Berkeley","Thomas Nelson Page","Edward E. Hendrickson","William R. Whitmore","John Stewardson","M.J. Dimmock","Francis P. Berkeley","Hilary P. Jones","H.S. Osborn","Fiske Kimball","Mary Edmonia Noland","Charles [Noland]","Ulysses S. Grant","John Bankhead Magruder","F.H. Smith","Nelson B. Noland","John S. James","Elisha Jackson","William C. Noland","Joseph Bryan","William N. Berkeley","Carter Berkeley","Mary Edmonia Berkeley","Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley","R. E. Lee","Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland","Letters to Nelson Berkeley\n                     Noland","William Churchill\n                  Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n                  Noland"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Lee","Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland","Letters to Nelson Berkeley\n                     Noland","William Churchill\n                  Noland","Mary Edmonia Berkeley\n                  Noland","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Rugby Academy","Dewberry","Endfield","Virginia Military Institute","Confederate Army","\"Endfield\"","\"Airwell\"","Verdon Railroad","Edgewood","\"Edgewood\"","Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department","Spring Garden Institute","Oakland House","Rotunda","St. Paul's Church","Miller's Tavern","\"Dewberry\"","James and Noland","New Beth Ahabah Synagogue","Jefferson Davis Memorial","Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         Company","Virginia State Capitol Building","Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary","Eastern State Hospital","St. James Episcopal Church","Noland family"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The heirs of the estate of Mrs. William C. Noland of\n            Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Nelson B. Noland of Colorado\n            Springs, Mrs. Karl Young, Jr., of Roxbury, Connecticut, and\n            Mrs. Allan R. Spreen of Ponte Verde, Florida, gave the\n            Noland Family Papers to the Library through Edmund\n            Berkeley, Jr. on March 13, 1989."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 400 items"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in chronological order in three\n         series, 1) Correspondence, 2) Business and Legal Papers, and\n         3) Miscellaneous Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in chronological order in three\n         series, 1) Correspondence, 2) Business and Legal Papers, and\n         3) Miscellaneous Papers."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of\n         about four hundred items, (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot),\n         1814, 1823-1948, chiefly letters to the three brothers, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Berkeley Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1846-1913),\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1854-1898), and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Churchill Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1865-?), the\n         sons of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender St. George Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1816-1879)\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Berkeley\n         Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1823-1901).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther miscellaneous papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003einclude miscellaneous\n         correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, printed material,\n         an arithmetic example book belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1799-1857), a brother of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, diaries (1843,\n         1845-1849), miscellaneous business and legal papers, and\n         confederate currency and postage stamps.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAn early letter, undated but written on the reverse side of\n         a note from Mr. Morrison of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRugby Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich was dated February 11,\n         1851, speaks of the sale of stock, crops, farming implements\n         and slaves, excluding the \"best behaved\" slaves, from both\n         plantations, [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDewberry\u003c/corpname\u003e?] and [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEndfield\u003c/corpname\u003e?]. In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHeath J. Christian\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender St. George Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMulberry Island Point\u003c/geogname\u003edefending the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJames River\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003ementions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJames River\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny\u003c/persname\u003e(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(August 1,\n         1863).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Noland [Berkeley]\u003c/persname\u003e(1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles [Fenton Berkeley]\u003c/persname\u003e(1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSandusky, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Endfield\"\u003c/corpname\u003e(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJohnson's Island\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Airwell\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eby the Federal forces of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlric Dahlgren\u003c/persname\u003eand General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudson Kilpatrick\u003c/persname\u003e, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Market\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNick Carter\u003c/persname\u003e's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAiken, South Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e, by Cadet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWharton Sinkler\u003c/persname\u003e(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eor \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 10, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge O'Connor\u003c/persname\u003e, City Marshall of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLeadville, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.T. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKokomo, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson Noland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the government of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePeru\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 2, 1888).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Cope\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn and E.L. Stewardson\u003c/persname\u003e, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNewmarket\u003c/geogname\u003eProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover Junction\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Anna\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD.G. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Anderson\u003c/persname\u003einto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNewmarket\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty close to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVerdon Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003eStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eF.L. Galt\u003c/persname\u003eabout the opportunities in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAndes\u003c/geogname\u003eregions (February 4, 1903); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFannie V. Candler\u003c/persname\u003e's reference to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's invitation to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBooker T. Washington\u003c/persname\u003eto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePeru\u003c/geogname\u003efor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Richard ?] Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e's descendants, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgewood\u003c/corpname\u003e, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon\u003c/geogname\u003efriends\" (July 16 \u0026amp;: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Edgewood\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Airwell\"\u003c/corpname\u003eproperties with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e(n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Churchill Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eComanche, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOffice of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Hendrickson\u003c/persname\u003e's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSpring Garden Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 13, 1893); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOakland House\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County\u003c/geogname\u003eand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePenzance, England\u003c/geogname\u003e, to visit \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam R. Whitmore\u003c/persname\u003ewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewardson\u003c/persname\u003e(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM.J. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003edue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis P. Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026amp;: 25, 1896); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHilary P. Jones\u003c/persname\u003ere the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026amp;: 28, 1919); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH.S. Osborn\u003c/persname\u003econcerning plans for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMiller's Tavern\u003c/corpname\u003e(March 21, 22, \u0026amp;:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e(November 30, 1928).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMost of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Noland\u003c/persname\u003e, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnderson, Grymes County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876\n         February), \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eComanche, Comanche County, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876\n         March-July), and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003efor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover County\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSts. John, Summit County, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003earea, near his Uncle \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles [Noland]\u003c/persname\u003e(June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSts. John, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAshland News\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c/persname\u003e's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work (February 15, 1877).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bankhead Magruder\u003c/persname\u003e's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCallender Noland\u003c/persname\u003e's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMulberry Island Point\u003c/geogname\u003eto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort [Powhatan\u003c/geogname\u003e?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eF.H. Smith\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/geogname\u003e(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Dewberry\"\u003c/corpname\u003eand the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eNoland family\u003c/famname\u003e. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn S. James\u003c/persname\u003eof the firm of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Noland\u003c/corpname\u003e; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.T. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKokomo, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Noland\u003c/persname\u003e; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelson B. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElisha Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgewood\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Noland\u003c/persname\u003eand his partner,\n         including the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Beth Ahabah Synagogue\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis Memorial\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003eTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Capitol Building\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAgnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e's Residence, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEagle Point, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e; obituaries of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Noland\u003c/persname\u003e(1898) and Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam N. Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Edmonia Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003e(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. E. 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In the fall of 1861, Nelson\n         attended a school in \n         Richmond, Virginia, run by \n         Heath J. Christian. Most of the letters\n         to Nelson were written to him from his mother and father, and\n         brother Frank, while he was away at school, first at\n         Christian's and then at the \n         Virginia Military Institute, which he\n         entered in August of 1863. These letters contain news of life\n         and events during the Civil War. Nelson's father, \n         Callender St. George Noland, served as\n         Commandant of the battery at \n         Mulberry Island Pointdefending the \n         James River. In his letter January 12,\n         1862, \n         Callender Nolandmentions receiving three\n         dispatches telling him to look for the enemy, who he wishes\n         would come up and fight or else go on out to sea, and being on\n         board one of the two steamers stationed near the battery to\n         protect the \n         James River.","Other letters to Nelson mention: selling barrels of corn\n         and stacks of fodder to the Quartermaster (January 16, 1862);\n         death of an old slave, \n         Fanny(January 27, 1863); Dr. \n         Richard Berkeley(1819-?) accepting the\n         position of assistant surgeon under Dr. Wiley in the \n         Confederate Armyand several social\n         gatherings involving General Pendleton's staff and Captain\n         Kirkpatrick's Company, and the presence of General [Stuart] at\n         the wedding of Dr. Fontaine after a ride of forty miles\n         (February 14, 1863); and the progress of Nelson at school and\n         his hopes of entering \n         Virginia Military Institute(August 1,\n         1863).","Other letters include: news of Colonel Norborne (1823-1911)\n         and Major \n         William Noland [Berkeley](1826-1907),\n         prisoners of war in a hospital in \n         Baltimore, Maryland, and Captain \n         Charles [Fenton Berkeley](1832-?), a\n         prisoner at \n         Sandusky, Ohio(August 17, 1863); the\n         selling of \n         \"Endfield\"(August 18, and December 3,\n         1863); the movement of the Army of Northern Virginia to\n         Tennessee in preparation for a great battle (September 10,\n         1863); the construction of an ice pond, and mention of Colonel\n         Norborne Berkeleyat \n         Johnson's Island(January 4, 1864); the\n         scarcity of eggs at home, runaway slaves, and difficulty in\n         slave management (January 18, 1864); a fox chase (February 4,\n         1864); the hiding of all but one of the horses at \n         \"Airwell\"and the \"capture\" of a \"fine\n         Yankee horse\" with a cavalry saddle, lost during the raid upon\n         Richmondby the Federal forces of Col. \n         Ulric Dahlgrenand General \n         Judson Kilpatrick, who had passed the\n         house on February 28th (March 5, 1864); the\n         Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on \n         Richmond, short food rations of the\n         Confederate soldiers in the city and the high cost of food for\n         the city dwellers of \n         Richmond(March 9, 1864); his parents\n         replies to Nelson's proposed resignation from VMI (March 30\n         and April 2, 1864); Frank's reference to the participation of\n         the VMI Cadets at the Battle of \n         New Market(June 7, 1864); the mention of\n         a cockfight, and \n         Nick Carter's band of outlaws (July 10,\n         1865); a description of a military school in \n         Aiken, South Carolina, by Cadet \n         Wharton Sinkler(November 8, [ca.\n         1861-1865]); and a suggestion to seek employment at a foundry\n         in \n         Baltimoreor \n         Philadelphia(September 10, 1866).","Nelson's adult correspondence includes the following\n         subjects: the murder of \n         George O'Connor, City Marshall of \n         Leadville, Colorado(May 7, 1878); a\n         discussion about dissolving his business partnership with \n         G.T. McDonaldin \n         Kokomo, Colorado(February 17, 1882); the\n         claim of Lt. \n         Callender Nolandagainst the United States\n         Government for three months pay for services in the Mexican\n         War (May 15, 1882); and the claim of \n         Nelson Nolandagainst the government of \n         Peru(August 2, 1888).","Beginning in 1889, Nelson's correspondence is mainly about\n         proposed business deals with the Philadelphian architects \n         Walter Cope, and \n         John and E.L. Stewardson, especially the\n         purchase of the \n         NewmarketProperty, which contained a\n         quarry site of red granite. The early correspondence also\n         discussed a possible wheel and wagon factory, water power\n         estimates for the property and other calculations, and the\n         possibilities of business in the \"new South\" (August 8,\n         October 31, November 9, 16, 23, 25, and December 26,\n         1889).","In 1890, Cope wrote Noland concerning: an option on the \n         Hanover Junctionproperty (January 2); the\n         possibility of a silk mill (January 19); a description of the\n         property Noland and Cope wished to purchase (June 23); an\n         interest in the \n         North Annaproperty (July 7); the terms\n         for \n         D.G. Bibb's Mill property (November 17);\n         the need for secrecy in purchasing Bibb's property (November\n         19); the terms to accept \n         William C. Andersoninto the partnership\n         with Noland, Cope, and the Stewardsons (November 21); and the\n         arrangements concerning the quarry and granite company to be\n         constructed upon the \n         Newmarketproperty close to the \n         Verdon RailroadStation (January 29, and\n         May 6, 1891).","Other topics include: \n         F.L. Galtabout the opportunities in the \n         Amazonand \n         Andesregions (February 4, 1903); \n         Fannie V. Candler's reference to \n         Theodore Roosevelt's invitation to \n         Booker T. Washingtonto dine in the White\n         House and its effect upon the South in an election year (July\n         3, 1904); concessions from the Peruvian government for\n         explorations in \n         Perufor the purpose of extracting\n         minerals, especially gold (May 8, 1906); genealogical data\n         concerning Dr. \n         [Richard ?] Berkeley's descendants, and \n         Edgewood, built ca. 1796 (April 3, 1907);\n         news of \"old \n         Amazonfriends\" (July 16 \u0026: 18, 1907);\n         and a discussion of the possible sale of the \n         \"Edgewood\"and \n         \"Airwell\"properties with \n         Thomas Nelson Page(n.d.).","Letters to \n         William Churchill Noland","Frank Nolandwrites from \n         Comanche, Texas, to his brother with\n         tales of the \"wild West\" (June 4, and December 3, 1876); Other\n         topics and correspondents include: William's Civil Service\n         examination and a position in the \n         Office of Supervising Architect, Treasury\n         Department(May 17 and July 9, 1889); \n         Edward E. Hendrickson's training of\n         architectural draftsmen at the \n         Spring Garden Institute, \n         Philadelphia(September 13, 1893); \n         Thomas Nelson Pageconcerning plans for an\n         addition to his \n         Oakland Housein \n         Hanover Countyand later modifications to\n         lower costs (August 15 and September 22, 1893); a proposed\n         trip to \n         Penzance, England, to visit \n         William R. Whitmorewho asks him to\n         procure some Confederate stamps for his son (May 5, 1894); \n         Frank Nolandand models of his invention,\n         a \"bug machine\" (May 22, 1894); \n         John Stewardson(May 30, 1894); William's\n         discharge from the architectural firm of \n         M.J. Dimmockdue to hard times (June 19,\n         1894); \n         Francis P. Berkeley's discussion of the\n         collapse of one of the roofs in the \n         Rotundaduring its rebuilding and the\n         coroner's investigation into the resultant death of one of the\n         workmen, with a sketch of the Rotunda and a newsclipping about\n         the accident (October 21 \u0026: 25, 1896); \n         Hilary P. Jonesre the construction of a\n         house (October 24, and November 7 \u0026: 28, 1919); \n         H.S. Osbornconcerning plans for \n         St. Paul's Church, \n         Miller's Tavern(March 21, 22, \u0026:\n         April 8, and 17, 1924); and \n         Fiske Kimball(November 30, 1928).","Letters to \n         Frank Noland","Most of this correspondence is from Frank's mother, \n         Mary Edmonia Noland, and was written to\n         him while he was at \n         Anderson, Grymes County, Texas(1876\n         February), \n         Comanche, Comanche County, Texas(1876\n         March-July), and \n         Gainsville, Alabama(1876 August-1877\n         February) looking for work. News items include: Nelson's\n         appointment as Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor and a description\n         of trapping (February 17, 1876); a request that each child\n         keep a personal journal for their descendants, in response to\n         the nation's centennial (February 25, 1876); the lack of\n         opportunity in \n         Californiafor Southern gentlemen\n         (February 29, 1876); widespread interest in baseball in \n         Hanover County(March 31, 1876); the long\n         lasting negative effects of the Civil War upon the state of \n         Virginia(April 12, 1876); Nelson's\n         promotion to Chief Engineer of the Mines at \n         Sts. John, Summit County, Colorado(May 5,\n         1876); home medical remedies (May 12, 1876); the suggestion\n         that Frank go into journalism or find work in the \n         Gainsville, Alabamaarea, near his Uncle \n         Charles [Noland](June 21, 1876); an\n         enclosed letter from Nelson describing the mining operations\n         in \n         Sts. John, Colorado(August 15, 1876);\n         description of the staff of the \n         Ashland News(September 30, 1876); a discussion of the\n         presidential election of 1876, feelings of political\n         instability in \n         Ulysses S. Grant's administration and the\n         U.S. Government, and suggested reading material for self\n         improvement (November 13 and December 4, 1876); and efforts to\n         return Frank to \n         Virginiato work (February 15, 1877).","Miscellaneous correspondence includes: the pedigrees of\n         several horses (September 15, 1837); a copy of \n         John Bankhead Magruder's (1810-1871)\n         reply to \n         Callender Noland's request to turn over\n         the battery and stores at \n         Mulberry Island Pointto the Senior\n         Officer on duty at \n         Fort [Powhatan?] and return to the Army\n         of the Peninsula (November 17, 1861); a letter from General \n         F.H. Smithat the \n         Virginia Military Institute(November 25,\n         1863); and a description of an attack by the Army of the\n         Potomac upon the house at \n         \"Dewberry\"and the surrounding area en\n         route to \n         Richmond, Virginia(May 31 and [June]\n         1864).","The second series of papers contains miscellaneous business\n         and legal papers of the \n         Noland family. Of special note are the\n         papers concerning the settlement of the accounts of \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         John S. Jamesof the firm of \n         James and Noland; the settlement of the\n         account of \n         Nelson B. Nolandwith \n         G.T. McDonaldof \n         Kokomo, Colorado; papers regarding the\n         estate of \n         Mary Edmonia Noland; and the memorandum\n         of agreement between \n         Nelson B. Nolandand \n         Elisha Jackson, where Jackson agreed to\n         live at \" \n         Edgewood, \" look after and run the farm\n         for Noland (September 9, 1910).","The third series consists of miscellaneous papers. The\n         newsclippings and printed material folder contains undated\n         pictures of buildings designed by \n         William C. Nolandand his partner,\n         including the \n         New Beth Ahabah Synagogue, the \n         Jefferson Davis Memorial, the \n         Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway\n         CompanyTerminal at Broad and Laurel Streets, the\n         renovation of the \n         Virginia State Capitol Building, \n         Richmond, Virginia, \n         Agnes McClung Hall, Mary Baldwin\n         Seminary, \n         Staunton, Virginia, \n         Eastern State Hospital, \n         Williamsburg, Virginia, \n         Joseph Bryan's Residence, \n         Eagle Point, Virginia, and \n         St. Paul's Church; obituaries of \n         Frank Noland(1898) and Major \n         William N. Berkeley[1907]; a broadside\n         concerning a Confederate Re-Union in \n         Fredericksburg, Virginia, on August 23,\n         1883; and an article about \n         Carter Berkeley(1939).","Miscellaneous papers contain the baptismal record of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley(1823); a partial\n         journal of \n         Elizabeth E. Churchill Berkeley(1824);\n         and an undated anecdote about General \n         R. E. Leeat an officer's banquet in \n         Mexico Cityafter the American Army had\n         taken the city.","Photographs include those of \n         Mary Edmonia Berkeley Noland, [\" \n         Edgewood\" ?], \n         St. James Episcopal Church, \n         Richmond, Virginia, and \n         William Churchill Noland."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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