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Peter L. Dumont's Civil War Site Themes

Medical

Medical concerns dominated Peter's letters. While he assured Clarinda that he had a strong constitution and could recover from the many illnesses and injuries he incurred, he also reported on deaths and injuries of other soldiers resulting from disease and battles. Clarinda's older sister's husband Tom suffered greatly from a lingering illness. Peter ended up traveling to visit Tom in a Washington hospital. Peter also chronicled the death of a young tentmate from disease and of another soldier from a head wound at Chancellorsville. Peter wrote to one family, sending home personal items, and asked Clarinda to communicate with another family. He even noted certain soldiers by name who had frequented prostitutes in Washington and Alexandria and ended up with venereal disease. He reported on receiving a vaccination to prevent small pox and whiskey and quinine to prevent yellow fever.

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Discontent and Deserters(d:)	Genealogy(g:)	Recruitment and Draft(r:)	Zouaves and Uniforms(z:)	Medical(m:)
Newspapers(n:)	Politics and War(p:)	Other Regiments(o:)	Sutlers(s:)	Utica(u:)	Dreams(i:)

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"THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME", Camp Seward, sick, Gen Casey, Col unfeeling, Wes Dimbley

1862-10-20 :10-20-1862i.htm:

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Camp Seward, names sick, has itch, Col Corcorans McMickeys, sends flowers from Lee house, paired with Undated 5, need to add text from undated5i.htm

1862-10-22 :10-22-1862i.htm:

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Camp Seward, may have camp itch, Washington Hospital, Antietem glass, small pox vaccine, paired with Fragment 4

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Camp Seward, color letterhead of woman helping Zouave, wet tent, Fletch, Fordis Phelps, deserters

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Camp Seward, review at Potomac, letter opened, Col and papers, deserters branded, molato

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Thanksgiving day, crackers and salt pork, near Washington, sick, marched 100 mi, Gen Lee

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Camp at Fredericksburgh, her military clothes, his dream, Ida, Peace rumors, hopes to settle it

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Camp near Fredericksburgh, freezing, tent like pocket handkerchief, all sick, rumors go home if no pay, old castle & cabbage

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Camp on Potomac Creek, sketch of Fredericksburgh made during bombardment, Tom to General Hospital

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Camp on Potomac Creek, Tom sick dysentary, court martial, no more Fredericksburgh

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Camp on Potomac Creek, reflects on peaceful life, buried 2 more, court martial 30 pound log, peace talk

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Christmas, hard to see die when might as well be sent home, disease doctors do not understand, deserters

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many sick and dying, 9 officers reassigned, blames Capt Cone, guard duty, center position, unfit for duty, Fletch no letters in Utica from Regt since Fredericksburg

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Tom very sick, Jacob Breish coffin, Joseph Corrigan tent mate, Fletch separated

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from John W. Breish thanks for kindness to brother, can not get body, saw his folks and they are well

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guard Gen Warrens hq, daughter of the Regt 17th regulars chased by drunk soldiers, Burnside, Breish trinkets, resignations, all wish war over

1863-01-17 :01-17-1863t.htm:

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Camp on Potomac Creek, VA. Black tongue, Zouaves,hard tack box coffins. Dated Jan. 17 1862 (wrong year)

1863-01-27 :01-27-1863t.html:

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Camp near Potomac Creek,VA.,Clothes.lice,corporal,no coffins,Gen. Warren drunk! Says January 27 1862 (wrong year)

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got box she and Julia sent, can not get it to Tom, remitant and typhoid fevers, pay, Fredericksburgh relics

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taking box 30 mi rt to Tom at Acquia Creek hospital, made Fourth Sergeant, Fletch no barber business, says January 31 1863 (wrong year)

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describes train, shopping,conditions at general Hospital Acquia Creek, Tom, Lumbard

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Tom back, William Jones, Demming, Tom Gray, Sergeant school, her walking to school barefoot

1863-02-22 :02-22-1863i.htm:

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sketch winter scene on home page Armyofthepatomic.gif, snow, tents, wood, sickness and death, froze finger, government shoes, Deming, shoemaker Dennison, Washington Birthday

1863-02-xx :02-xx-1863t.htm:

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probably between visit to Tom Feb 2 and March 1 letter that mentions Julia and turkey box, ward money, sergeant

1863-03-01 :03-01-1863t.html:

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Camp near Potomac Creek,diarrhea, Demming, Dave Reese, rebel prisoners grit to backbone,well dressed, Julia, ward money, says March 1 1862 (wrong year)

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sending pipe, could sell for $10, they call him whittling yankee, earned 75 cents whittling, got gloves, Ed [Burbiege] Tom

1863-03-10 :03-10-1863t.html:

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Camp sketch archway, Zouave uniform, Tom, Julia, turkey, money, Bates, Tyler, Sarah

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armed all night, extra cartridges, Rebels, 4th Oneida, Fordis Phelps, would desert if she needs money, conscription law, March 3 1862 (wrong year)

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firing around, smallpox vaccine,wants her to live with his parents, not her sister Julia, Tom may be discharged,George avoided draft?

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ordered to march with only food and blanket, Bright on crutches and other cripples ordered to march, if killed on field bring up children as Christians

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says Monday April with blank date, hopes children better, mud dried up, grass green, left in charge of Camp with Lieut Walker, foreign general, Tom discharged?

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over cold, her letter with money, her lifting heavy things, who wanted the money, Fletch digearious fever, has not heard from Col, strawberries

1863-06-18 :06-18-1863t.htm:

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rumors of another Bull Run, description Menzo Gibbs death on battlefield, sick soldiers, her idea to telegraph, beef bone ring, paired with Fragment 3

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put up tents, 7000 convalescents arrived, sick to barracks, rumor furlough if sickness or death, new uniform curious, pities army hot

1863-06-28DB :06-28-1863DBt.htm:

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Dear Brother, would have written if knew in Utica, does not write all hardships, discourages from enlisting, love to father and mother

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got letter and picture of Mother, carries a lot of pictures, yellow fever, whiskey and quinine, Joey, young [top?], Sarah Graff, true as steel

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upset stomach, whiskey and quinine, soldiers beastly drunk, yellow fever, NY Herald, Rebels refuse exchange, riots and draft resistance, disheartens soldiers

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Lieut furlough, deserters to be shot, detached corps, Ben Chapman, Michael Keating, Phil Smith and Andy, Washington women, caught something, Tom, Sarah

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exchanged, going to front, clothing and 1800 guns, dream of going home vanished, Fletch nurse, hopes war ends after winter

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11th and 12th Corp left, Fletch must go with 5th not stay hospital with docs, tell Ida Pa will come home, will not desert, promotion, Admiral picture

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13 days driving Rebels and retreating, captured more than them, Fletch march stocking feet, Fairfax, 96 conscripts, Bill Dagwood, paired with Fragment 1

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on move, 2 battles, took 2200 prisoners, 9 artillery, drove them to drown in river, log cabins, Rebel letter, railroad destroyed, Tom invalid corps, Garrard

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not getting her mail, she lost tooth and hair turns grey, hospital men furlough to vote, Culpeper, Rapidan, another Chancellorsville, no paper or sutler

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marched to cross Rapidan but rain and mud, Meade determined, Fredericksburg, made 2 pictures for a dollar, Boys need tobacco, Tom Washington discharge

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date looked like 5, she should not have sent money, James Handwright furlough, Edic guard house brought things, deserter executed, uniform picture, exposure deaths

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Smith, Handwright, tries to be good to soldiers, speak well of him,whiskey New Years eve, Capt Clasgens and Lieut Dutton recruit Utica, Mosbys guerrillas

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got pictures, wishes Card de Visites, Melora Teed letter, shimmer, rats, been sick, Sweet Oil and Laudanum, Fletch home to recruit?, furloughs, George sleigh ride

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2 days guard duty rail road, cannons, captured 7 guerrillas included major, those wounded, Cone and Stanford arrested, how treated Jakes wife, Sarah, Zouave sketch

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Julia mad at Tom, all owed money but prepare they may never get it, bounties exhaust Treasury, take $2 a week from Baker and City subsidy, lengthy cruel war statement

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cold spell, daily routine described, breakfast, Charlie, Sarah, George Keiser, $1100 and 30 day furlough if 146 reenlist, sacrifice all life time for few days home

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sent to father for Clara, recd warrant, not sent for Navy exam, papers did not come, will try hard, preparing to move Fri, hurt finger playing ball,doctor excused

MusterRoll1 :MusterRoll1i.htm:

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Peter L. Dumont's Muster Roll

MusterRoll2 :MusterRoll2i.htm:

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Muster Rolls for Tom Lumbard, Fletch and Wes Dimbleby