Loose papers from diary, 1864/1865

Containers:

Box Manuscripts Small Collections Box 5, Folder 2

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War-period papers (1864-1865) were found slipped into the diary. There's a note on the history of England and another that recounts Raine's journey from Fort Delaware to Richmond after his release. There is a letter to Charles A. Raine from John Patterson Fitzgerald dated July 24, 1864. Fitzgerald was a commander of the 23rd Virginia Infantry who had been captured and was a prisoner of war sent to Hilton Head, S.C. The letter is written from his prisoner ship in harbor while awaiting his next destination. He mentions a heavy miltary guard, the liklihood of his transfer, a hope for exchange, and the large number of sharks in the vicinity of the ship. The reverse of this letter has a two page Christian prayer written in Raine's hand which includes an aspect of the "Lord's Prayer" and briefly mentions the military and civilian conditions of the war. Other items include a note from druggists Bullock and Crenshaw of Philadelphia, Pa., to Raine in prison that accompanied Raine's request for $20.00 in 1865. He used the reverse to draft a letter to Henry C. Cromwell, the fellow prisoner who had given him the diary. Also included in this folder is a letter from J. Eliza Reston of Baltimore, two letters from Tillie Russell of Winchester, Va., and a letter from Coupland R. Page, a Cumberland County, Va. soldier who served in both the Liberty Hall Volunteers of the 4th Virginia Infantry and Virginia artillery units.

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