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1862-10-18"THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME", Camp Seward, sick, Gen Casey, Col unfeeling, Wes DimbleySTPP
1863-09-2711th 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 pictureSTPPP
1863-10-2213 days driving Rebels and retreating, captured more than them, Fletch march stocking feet, Fairfax, 96 conscripts, Bill Dagwood, paired with Fragment 1STPPP
1864-02-062 days guard duty rail road, cannons, captured 7 guerrillas included major, those wounded, Cone and Stanford arrested, how treated Jakes wife, Sarah, Zouave sketchSTPP
1862-11-135 day 60 mi march, unburied dead and horses, Bull Run, Gainsville, McClellan, 6 pgsSTPPPPPP
1864-04-23afraid did not pass Navy exam, preparations, officers on soldiers rations, bread and molasses, no communications after 26th, her dream is wrong, he is wellSTPPPP
1863-03-13armed all night, extra cartridges, Rebels, 4th Oneida, Fordis Phelps, would desert if she needs money, conscription law, March 3 1862 (wrong year)STPP
1862-10-12arrived NY, cars not stopped, boys broke glass, 3 regiments in park, crowded, BaltimoreSTP
1863-10-08back with Regt, bewildered, Regt altered, looked on with pride, new drills, Uticans would wonder, uniforms, owe Uncle Sam, march 8 days rationsSTPP
1862-12-18Battle of Fredericksburgh, horrors, retreat, rear guard, lost, bridge destroyed as leftSTPP
1863-01-25building roads in mud, men would not cross, Lee said would help, men deserting, political warSTPPPP
1862-12-12Camp at Falmouth, witnessing shelling and burning of Fredericksburgh, got shelled shopping in FalmouthSTPP
1862-11-30Camp at Fredericksburgh, her military clothes, his dream, Ida, Peace rumors, hopes to settle itSTPP
1864-03-05Camp at Warrenton VA, says March 5 1863 (wrong year), pending scans from NYS archivesSTP
1862-12-16Camp near Fredericksburgh, describes 6 days of Battle of Fredericksburgh in detailSTPP
1862-12-08Camp near Fredericksburgh, freezing, tent like pocket handkerchief, all sick, rumors go home if no pay, old castle & cabbageSTPP
1863-03-01Camp near Potomac Creek,diarrhea, Demming, Dave Reese, rebel prisoners grit to backbone,well dressed, Julia, ward money, says March 1 1862 (wrong year)STPP
1863-01-27Camp near Potomac Creek,VA.,Clothes.lice,corporal,no coffins,Gen. Warren drunk! Says January 27 1862 (wrong year) STPP
1862-12-23Camp on Potomac Creek, reflects on peaceful life, buried 2 more, court martial 30 pound log, peace talkSTPP
1862-12-19Camp on Potomac Creek, sketch of Fredericksburgh made during bombardment, Tom to General HospitalSTPPP
1862-12-20Camp on Potomac Creek, Tom sick dysentary, court martial, no more FredericksburghSTPP
1863-01-17Camp on Potomac Creek, VA. Black tongue, Zouaves,hard tack box coffins. Dated Jan. 17 1862 (wrong year)STPPP
1862-10-27Camp Seward, color letterhead of woman helping Zouave, wet tent, Fletch, Fordis Phelps, desertersSTPP
1862-11-07Camp Seward, embossed shield on letterhead,cold, snow, wet, bread, beans, and water,smoky tentsSTPP
1862-11-05Camp Seward, letterhead of Cleveland w woman and poem, coats, Julia and Tom, $3 leftSTPP
1862-10-22Camp Seward, may have camp itch, Washington Hospital, Antietem glass, small pox vaccine, paired with Fragment 4STPPPP
1862-10-20Camp Seward, names sick, has itch, Col Corcorans McMickeys, sends flowers from Lee house, paired with Undated 5, need to add text from undated5i.htmSTPPPP
1862-10-29Camp Seward, review at Potomac, letter opened, Col and papers, deserters branded, molatoSTPP
1863-03-10Camp sketch archway, Zouave uniform, Tom, Julia, turkey, money, Bates, Tyler, SarahSTPPP
1862-12-25Christmas, hard to see die when might as well be sent home, disease doctors do not understand, desertersSTPP
1863-04-04Col mad and sent them without rations, command Duryea Zouaves, see home page Zouavesonpicket.gif of them with young contrabands,Sesesh house, pontoons,Tom,George WheelerSTPP
1864-04-01Col Navy papers, Brig Gen Ayres, now 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corp, Gen Warren, Sykes like a father, left, target practice, preparing for terrible conflictSTPP
1864-02-20cold spell, daily routine described, breakfast, Charlie, Sarah, George Keiser, $1100 and 30 day furlough if 146 reenlist, sacrifice all life time for few days homeSTPP
1864-03-16Congress transferring army to navy, asks her consent, Jackson picture, Handwright, Fletch orderly, Curran, Armstrong, sketch Capt Durkee one armSTPP
1863-05-24Convalescent Camp, marched by Rebel Cavalry, horrible Libby Prison conditions and rations, sentry to fire if approach window, delightful camp now STPP
1864-01-03date looked like 5, she should not have sent money, James Handwright furlough, Edic guard house brought things, deserter executed, uniform picture, exposure deathsSTPP
1863-06-28DBDear Brother, would have written if knew in Utica, does not write all hardships, discourages from enlisting, love to father and motherSTPP
1863-02-02describes train, shopping,conditions at general Hospital Acquia Creek, Tom, Lumbard STPP
1863-04-17did not move, heavy rainstorm, sending $40 allotment pay, balloons over Fredericksburg looking for strikeSTPP
1863-09-20exchanged, going to front, clothing and 1800 guns, dream of going home vanished, Fletch nurse, hopes war ends after winterSTPP
1863-07-24feels bad his folks treated her with disrespect, one room upstairs, her living so poorly, Joey steps and night society, Ida ring, no houses, George drafted?STPP
1863-03-21firing around, smallpox vaccine,wants her to live with his parents, not her sister Julia, Tom may be discharged,George avoided draft?STPP
1864-02-26forwarding home pictures too heavy to carry, includes his own, with George Whittens brother, had with him weary miles VA and captivity in RebeldomSTPPPP
1864-02-08forwards letter for father to drop at Herald Office, do not tell many who wrote it if it is printed, fight on Rapidan, prisoners on trainSTPP
1862-10-07friend Marion in Cohoes to Clarinda, heard some "mate" died in Utica, is it Peter?STPP
1864-03-11friends with Fletch but not tent mates, his picture, not a loafer, Willie, Ida, Mally, Bill Jones, Sarah, Garrards Tigers, men owe govt for clothesSTPP
1863-01-06from John W. Breish thanks for kindness to brother, can not get body, saw his folks and they are wellSTPP
1858-06-12from Peter in Troy to Clarinda in Utica, boat full of water, bully team, Cyrus, coal SchenectadySTPP
1863-07-06SGfrom Sarah Graff in Hawkinsville NY to Clara, left Utica, house on lake, wishes died with husband and child, asks for Clara husband and childrenSTPP
1862-06-19from Utica, lonesome, garden, fiddle, looks "choopfallen", Jerry Mullin, Alex Lyons, circusSTPP
1880-09-xxWDfrom Will to Dear Brother and Sis, undated and no location, scan identified as Undated4WD, probably Utica right before 9-21, mother malarial feverSTP
1880-09-21WDfrom Will to Dear Sister, mother getting a little better, malarial fever, house full of folks, doctor, Grandma cholera, Sarah Graff, Aunt MalleySTPP
1865-06-19GCGeorge C. Carter to Clarinda, brief notice husband officially reported deceasedSTP
1865-06-20GCGeorge C. Carter to Clarinda, reliable news received from Army decease has been established, proceed with claims on governmentSTPP
1863-01-30got box she and Julia sent, can not get it to Tom, remitant and typhoid fevers, pay, Fredericksburgh relicsSTPP
1864-02-25got her letter and fathers, sending picture of himself in uniform,what did she think of newspaper piece, should he write another Julia, sending likenesses of GeneralsSTPPP
1863-08-07got her picture, soldiers will fall in love, she cannot come or might be blackguarded, Jim Harper, new Camp Parole better, cannot get stampsSTPP
1863-08-16got letter and picture of Mother, carries a lot of pictures, yellow fever, whiskey and quinine, Joey, young [top?], Sarah Graff, true as steelSTPP
1864-03-22got paid and is sending check, Navy papers filled out wrong so sending back, expects to go any time, preparing to move camp, cigar box lace for IdaSTPP
1863-12-25got paid, sending $50 for Christmas, all buying at sutlers, bed of boughs, got paints, James Handwright, Steve Lent, hopes peace in New YearSTPP
1864-01-22got pictures, wishes Card de Visites, Melora Teed letter, shimmer, rats, been sick, Sweet Oil and Laudanum, Fletch home to recruit?, furloughs, George sleigh rideSTPP
1863-09-25got recommend Conklin, took to Lieut but exchange orders, going to front, Col said no one can leave, Rosecrans and Burnside, prisoners likely shot if take armsSTPP
1863-04-09Grand Review by Lincoln 80 thousand troops, Rebels opposite, Fredericksburg ruins, children begging, no pay, sketching for money, whittling STPP
1863-01-11guard Gen Warrens hq, daughter of the Regt 17th regulars chased by drunk soldiers, Burnside, Breish trinkets, resignations, all wish war overSTPP
1863-08-23has been a year, may never come home, remembers their parting, Regt reduced from 900 to 170, 4th Oneida had it easy, sending papersSTPP
1863-06-28has not gotten telegraph she said sending, Fletch, hard march, wants furlough badly, 4 pictures in case Ida and Willie, afraid folks offendedSTPP
1863-04-24Hooker relieved of Command, rumor Fremont, upset his father is turning her out, Tom mad Julia letter says mother renting roomsSTPP
1863-07-19hopes she got money, Ida sick, George & Mally do not write, will be exchanged, driving Rebels hard, hopes wicked rebellion ends, tired of lying aroundSTPP
1863-08-02hot sun, Mr. Hart, prisoners guarded, half rations, revolted, desperate men may claim rights by force, could have been home, says Aug 2 1863 (wrong year) STPP
1863-07-16Ida sick again, sorry he told Fletch why she called for him and he told parents, Otto Gulick, Capson factory, money, Mary MyersSTPP
1863-07-08Ida sick, Papa girl, Willie, George to picnic, since telegram presentiment Lord will punish, rebels destroyed, tired, Malvina, Harwoods, Justis Place STPP
1864-03-25Ida sick, sleigh, wagon, watch, George, Tom home, Dimblebys lost child, waiting for navy papers, orders to move, sick moved, Grant, put Army of Potomac in motionSTPP
1863-10-02in Camp, rumor to Tenessee Gen Rosecrans,men confined refusing arms, no exchange,Fletch, Sarah Graff, Jakes brother Fred, Gods followers, wicked menSTPP
1863-07-31Joey letter picture, Mr. Hart, Bill Dagwell, Kate baby, prisoners revolted, new camp, guard, cut rations, CO stoned, furlough too late June 8, DimblebySTPP
1863-03-28Joey, Josey, Sarah Graff, George Reiser, Hooker, bad drill, 146 best in marching, going for wood, will Ida recognize him, if knew no draft would be home nowSTPP
1863-08-28Julia letter, her hop picking, Dave Jones horrible news, Commissioners cannot agree on exchange, Negro Soldiers, busy in charge of 68 men, same power as CaptSTPP
1864-02-11Julia 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 statementSTPP
1863-10-26left New Baltimore, 5 miles New Camp, No name, 8 days rations, heavy cannonading, short letter, mail callSTPP
1863-09-08Lieut furlough, deserters to be shot, detached corps, Ben Chapman, Michael Keating, Phil Smith and Andy, Washington women, caught something, Tom, SarahSTPPPP
1864-03-04little scrape, released prisoner without proper orders as Sergt of guard and was arrested but excused with reprimand, sending more pictures, GulichSTPP
1864-04-29mail stopped, Burnside 40 thousand men looked worn out, 10 thousand negro troops, fear hard battle, hope Lord spare us to meet again on earth, heaven protect us allSTPP
1863-07-26Mally letter with picture, boys going crazy good looks, sending Harpers Weekly, sad she cries when writes, lengthy sentiment, soon in service 1 yearSTPP
1862-12-28many sick and dying, 9 officers reassigned, blames Capt Cone, guard duty, center position, unfit for duty, Fletch no letters in Utica from Regt since FredericksburgSTPP
1863-11-24marched to cross Rapidan but rain and mud, Meade determined, Fredericksburg, made 2 pictures for a dollar, Boys need tobacco, Tom Washington dischargeSTPP
1863-10-31moving 4 weeks, shoes no soles wet feet, Dagwell, sold picture 50 cents, 250 conscripts, 146th great name no praise at home, Gen Garrard loved, Battle Bristow StationSTPP
MusterRoll2Muster Rolls for Tom Lumbard, Fletch and Wes DimblebySTPPP
1863-07-04no 4th of July, took telegram to Col who sent to War Dept, dream home so reverse- will not, picture with Fletch new uniform, rumor Lee capturedSTPP
1863-06-07no letter from Col which was his hope of getting home, no one allowed to leave, how much are provisions and rent for paddy hole, where is GeorgeSTPP
1863-04-xxno location, scans originally identified as Undated 6, banner 1863, possibly April, just had "face pulled", may have changedSTPP
1863-12-20no locations, Bealton Station? cold, exposure, hungry, buying bread, tent with fireplace,sent 2 letters since crossed Rapidan, afraid she is cold in old house, Tom letterSTPP
1863-11-20not getting her mail, she lost tooth and hair turns grey, hospital men furlough to vote, Culpeper, Rapidan, another Chancellorsville, no paper or sutlerSTPP
1865-07-03Off. of Correspon. w friends of Missing Men, informed PLD killed at Wilderness, May 5 1864,Charles Y Jones, Clara Barton, per RGPSTP
1863-11-09on move, 2 battles, took 2200 prisoners, 9 artillery, drove them to drown in river, log cabins, Rebel letter, railroad destroyed, Tom invalid corps, GarrardSTPP
1863-04-19order to move, 8 days rations, sick to Washington, curious move, jokes she says she will be like poor girl, ammunition explosion, Hooker broke legSTPP
1863-03-23ordered to march with only food and blanket, Bright on crutches and other cripples ordered to march, if killed on field bring up children as ChristiansSTPP
1864-02-28orders to move, 3 days rations, possible Mine Run, new picture, old one does not look like him any more than Abe Lincoln, did not send money, being stolen in mailSTPP
1863-04-14orders to move, 8 days rations, Cavalry says across river, sent her letters home with Mr. England owns Genesee St shoe store, sister MallySTPP
1863-06-03over cold, her letter with money, her lifting heavy things, who wanted the money, Fletch digearious fever, has not heard from Col, strawberriesSTPP
1863-09-03papers George not drafted, Sarah Graff, Mr. Place, mean women Washington, Philip Smith, Bill Sweatfager, Bill Dagwell, Charles Milburey, Brother HenrySTPP
MusterRoll1Peter L. Dumont's Muster RollSTP
1863-08-10Potomac clams, huckleberries, Mr Place wants Mally to write, Tom and Julia letter, Regt 190 men, 4 regts consolidated, poem in different handwritingSTPPPP
1863-03-25predicts Rebs are drawing them back through Fredericksburg to Richmond, Joe Hooker, Generals, Demming reports dirtiest demoralized Regt, booedSTPP
1863-02-xxprobably between visit to Tom Feb 2 and March 1 letter that mentions Julia and turkey box, ward money, sergeantSTPP
1864-02-xxprobably February 8-14 1864, Undated 3, error sent her a letter for Eliza in St Johnsville, guard Gen Warren HQ, send army made Valentine, cold betterSTPP
1863-06-20put up tents, 7000 convalescents arrived, sick to barracks, rumor furlough if sickness or death, new uniform curious, pities army hotSTPP
1863-07-12ring for Ida, rumor exchange soon, George, Utica Herald, picnic, she was cheated on stockings pay, Fletch photo, Bill Jones, Co A surrender, surroundedSTPP
1863-06-18rumors of another Bull Run, description Menzo Gibbs death on battlefield, sick soldiers, her idea to telegraph, beef bone ring, paired with Fragment 3STPPPP
1862-06-29sabbath, lonesome, Almeda gave birth, Julia and Tom, Malvina, musksprate, Hills, Brown came in shop, paired with Fragment 2, need to add text from s,t,i,closing I shall go to church tonightSTPPP
1864-01-28sad she is upset whiskey, guerrilla threat, guard duty, tent mates snoring, Henry Brownell, Rebel revolver relic, Lotty, Joey letter, mother picture, grim monster warSTPP
1864-01-11says Dec 11 but probably Jan 11, scans are Dec 11 1863, guard duty railroad no sleep 48 hour shifts, will not reenlist, Bill [Morey?], James Handwright, EdicSTPP
1863-04-13says 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?STPP
1863-03-04sending pipe, could sell for $10, they call him whittling yankee, earned 75 cents whittling, got gloves, Ed [Burbiege] TomSTPP
1863-08-29sends picture, discourages hop picking, Utica draft, George, lay awake remembers Chancellorsville, human butchery, in charge Squad No 11STPP
1864-04-19sent 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 excusedSTPP
1863-12-30Sergt Guard House, Edic late furlough, candy Ida, moved, reenlistments, guerrillas slit throats, 146 three years, determined to win, different than last winterSTPP
1863-05-31she is alone in shanty, Ft. Corcoran, Fletch, Givens, Billy and Charley Kirkland, Camp Seward easy, 146 not 4th of July soldiers, papers not comeSTPP
1863-05-19short letter, orders to leave Camp Parole, do not send money, tell Fletchers parents not to write until they hearSTP
1863-05-17sketch made in Libby Prison, details Battle of Chancellorsville, Mud March, Libby Prison experience, names of prisoners, Steamer S.R.SpauldingSTPPPPPP
1863-02-22sketch winter scene on home page Armyofthepatomic.gif, snow, tents, wood, sickness and death, froze finger, government shoes, Deming, shoemaker Dennison, Washington BirthdaySTPP
1864-01-15Smith, Handwright, tries to be good to soldiers, speak well of him,whiskey New Years eve, Capt Clasgens and Lieut Dutton recruit Utica, Mosbys guerrillasSTPPPP
1863-04-06sore eye Co A and Co H snowball fight, Lincoln review, copied funny Fredericksburg wedding night letterSTPP
1864-03-21Stewarts Cavalry anticipated raid, Navy application, Mr. Hart, Lotty, father, heavy cannon, referenced enclosed Daily Chronicle clipping poem Soldiers Letters, Ford theaterSTPPPP
1863-11-13suffered a great deal but well, made 2 pictures and got dollar, send him watercolor paints, Kate and Hank, Ida and Willie Sunday School, beau (probably Sarah), JakeSTPP
1863-01-31taking box 30 mi rt to Tom at Acquia Creek hospital, made Fourth Sergeant, Fletch no barber business, says January 31 1863 (wrong year)STPP
1864-03-08talks of deserting because his family is treating her like a slave, Kate, Hank, children, wedding, gaieties, cries, mad, wants to protect herSTPP
1862-11-27Thanksgiving day, crackers and salt pork, near Washington, sick, marched 100 mi, Gen LeeSTPP
1864-04-14Thursday the 14th, 1864- probably April- scans used to say mm-14-1864, warm, Spring campaign, drills,not transferred to Navy, Clarinda living downtown, Lotty, downhill worstSTPPPP
1862-11-30MAto Clarinda from Marion in Cohoes, glad to hear it is not Peat who was dead, other friends, mill is running, got ten percentSTPP
1863-02-19Tom back, William Jones, Demming, Tom Gray, Sergeant school, her walking to school barefootSTPP
1863-01-04Tom very sick, Jacob Breish coffin, Joseph Corrigan tent mate, Fletch separatedSTPP
1863-04-26tramp to Falmouth and Fredericksburg ruins, Rebel soldiers fishing in Union uniforms, graybacks and yellow bellies, pack 8 days rations, her living with strangersSTPP
1863-09-16tramp to Washington, War Dept, Smithsonian, Navy Yard, Capitol, Dave Laughlin, father to Roscoe Conklin for furlough, Francis Kernin, strict ordersSTPP
1863-05-22traveled all over and settled at Convalescent Camp near Alexandria, suffered past weeks, hopes to come home in August, needs moneySTPP
1863-12-xxundated, Bealton, probably mid-Dec 1863, her Dec 7 letter, Meade rumor, half rations, winter shanty, soldiers will not get paid, Tom invalid corps, paired with Undated 2STPP
1863-08-15upset letter from Bill Dagwell says she went twice to Hart and Dagwell for money, what Old [Top?] said at Carters, cannot do his country justiceSTPP
1863-08-20upset stomach, whiskey and quinine, soldiers beastly drunk, yellow fever, NY Herald, Rebels refuse exchange, riots and draft resistance, disheartens soldiersSTPP
1863-06-24waiting for her telegram, would give all to come home, girl in Camp age of Ida, soldiers waiting for letters, Fletch, artillery in camp, pin in mouthSTPP
1862-07-06wants her to come home, chores, she has stayed with Rose so long, July 4,draftSTPP
1862-11-16Warington, surrounded by rebels and preparing to move, Jackson behind themSTPP
1863-02-07Warren, picket, Mr. Steele, Malvina, commissioned, Tom, HankSTPP
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