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AllPre 18001800 - 18601861 - 18651866 - 1899Post 1900 All Civil War Slavery Colonial Historical Genealogical No Yes Total Letters Returned: 114     Anderson     7.   Sidney Anderson May 29, 1862 Sid describes battle of Hanover Court House; later he was KIA Gaines Mill     Apgar     101.   Naum Apgar Jul 24, 1862 Soldier writes home to his father from Washington City   102.   Naum Apgar Dec 20, 1862 Soldier writes To His brother After the Battle of Fredericksburg     Baines     96.   E. Baines Aug 10, 1852 Virginia slave owner complains about the abuse of his slave     Bosworth     8.   Frederick Bosworth Feb 1, 1863 Before his death at Manassas Gap, Freddie writes his little sister Ella     Bragg     9.   Elmer Bragg Dec 28, 1862 Soldier describes role in the battle of Fredericksburg; later KIA Spotsylvania     Cargill     63.   Emory Cargill Jan 1, 1854 Diary of teenage boy in last few months before his death from consumption     Carman     111.   George Carman Dec 14, 1861 Soldier writes that he and his comrades are anxious for England to enter the War   112.   George Carman Jan 9, 1862 Soldier in Washington writing home about camp life     Chase     72.   William Chase Dec 26, 1823 Letter to Randle Hulse Chase regarding some accounting issues   12.   William Chase Oct 1, 1824 Business letter to Randle H. Moale   11.   Richard Chase Oct 6, 1826 Son of Jeremiah Townley Chase writes letter regarding sale of slave woman     Clarke     13.   Silas Clarke May 7, 1842 Young man writes his brother from boarding school     Colby     14.   Enoch Colby Sep 12, 1836 Young physician's businesslike marriage proposal to future wife     Collins     122.   Robert Collins May 18, 1864 POW writes home to inform parents of his capture and the death of his brother   124.   Frances Collins Sep 8, 1864 Mother writes to her POW son in Elmira Prison   127.   Richard Collins Sep 8, 1864 Son writes mother from Elmira Prison   123.   Robert Collins Sep 23, 1864 POW writes mother from Elmira Prison   125.   Frances Collins Nov 13, 1864 Mother writes to son in Elmira Prison   126.   Florence Collins Feb 8, 1865 Mother writes to son in Elmira Prison     Conrey     15.   Thomas Conrey Nov 9, 1863 Soldier who would die as POW in Andersonville writes his sister     Cowles     86.   Andrew Cowles Dec 13, 1855 Letter to future brother-in-law about slave matters and love life   84.   Bell Cowles Apr 29, 1868 Woman writes about negroes she once owned--now voting; superiority of whites   109.   Andrew Cowles Jul 4, 1869 Andrew Cowles writes his future wife Maggie Reynolds   110.   Andrew Cowles Nov 15, 1869 Andrew writes his future wife Maggie reynolds   83.   Andrew Cowles Oct 30, 1870 North Carolina senator writes his Father In law   80.   Andrew Cowles Oct 31, 1870 North Carolina senator writes Uncle   81.   Andrew Cowles Nov 21, 1870 North Carolina senator writes Father In Law   82.   Andrew Cowles Mar 16, 1871 Senator from North Carolina writes Father In Law   77.   Andrew Cowles Feb 10, 1872 Senator writes to debtor   78.   Andrew Cowles Feb 16, 1873 North Carolina senator writes his uncle, Hugh Reynolds   79.   Andrew Cowles Oct 29, 1877 North Carolina Senator writes to Father In Law about whiskey     Coyle     49.   Patrick Coyle Oct 6, 1864 Soldier informs a father of his son's death     Cushing     17.   Eliza Cushing May 29, 1835 Eliza and Elijah Cushing write of their boat and stage travels in 1835     Davids     19.   John Davids May 1, 1844 Young attorney's formal letter to future in-laws requesting daughter's hand     Dunning     85.   Clement Dunning Jan 26, 1865 Letter to sister about slave children     Everett     69.   Edward Everett Nov 4, 1843 Gettysburg orator, Edward Everett, on his daughter's death; a signed memoir     Everhart     99.   James Everhart Aug 19, 1843 Pennsylvania congressman describing a slave auction     Flower     21.   Margaret Flower Oct 5, 1829 Young girl writes about slavery; her memoir written by Lydia Huntley Sigourney     Freeman     22.   Dandridge Freeman Jun 24, 1855 Texas attorney with possible connections to Sam Houston writes home to wife     Gilreath     104.   William Gilreath Jun 3, 1864 Confederate soldier writes to notify a father of his son's death at Cold Harbor     Goodrich     121.   Moses Goodrich May 23, 1864 Minister writes about Dakota War and Sioux Uprising of 1862     Grasty     23.   Thomas Grasty Oct 13, 1848 Brother asks brother to assist him in hiring slaves     Green     66.   Nelson Green Aug 31, 1864 Guard at Rock Island Prison writes home about Rebel prisoners, prison life   68.   Nelson Green Oct 4, 1864 Prison guard writes home to brother from Rock Island Prison     Greene     24.   George Greene Sep 10, 1804 Young pioneer describes his first season settling Mount Independence     Hagner     42.   Peter Hagner Jul 6, 1819 3rd Auditor to Seymour Moses regarding 37th Reg. U S Infantry     Haly     71.   William Haly Mar 5, 1823 Business letter to Randle Hulse Moale     Harris     25.   Hilary Harris Dec 21, 1862 Pickets talking to one another across river from hero of Picket's charge     Hartford     119.   Eugene Hartford Jun 22, 1862 Sailor describes naval attack & death of his sister in a letter from New Orleans   26.   Eugene Hartford May 8, 1863 Sailor writes short letter to his father from New Orleans     Herbine     89.   Reuben Herbine May 27, 1862 Letter to brother from camp near Fredericksburg about camp life   87.   Reuben Herbine Sep 3, 1862 Letter about the slaughter at the second Battle of Bull Run     Hill     114.   Hiram Hill May 28, 1855 Boy writes home from Mount Pleasant Institute for Boys     Holmes     29.   Francis Holmes Sep 21, 1751 1751 letter from a nephew to Ebenezer Holmes of Charles Town, South Carolina     Hotchkiss     30.   Wait Hotchkiss Apr 1, 1776 French and Indian War soldier describing death of his wife to his father-in-law     Howard     31.   Elijah Howard Jun 11, 1819 As mourning period for first wife ends, man writes love letter to future wife     Hutchings     16.   George Hutchings Sep 4, 1864 Letter informing mother that her surgeon son is likely a prisoner     Hutchinson     118.   Mathias Hutchinson Apr 22, 1865 Hutchinson Family Genealogy     Jackson     32.   Ebenezer Jackson Feb 7, 1828 Father writes daughter of sale of slaves     Kennedy     98.   Bettie Kennedy Jan 27, 1890 Cousin writes to Margaret Reynolds about the death of her daughter Carrie Bell     Keyes     33.   Haile Keyes May 6, 1834 Travel letter; trains that travel at 35 mph; Jackson rally; Bunker Hill Memorial     Lemert     97.   Edward Lemert Jan 12, 1864 Three of four brothers die during civil war     Leslie     34.   Stevenson Leslie Aug 7, 1862 Soldier describes skirmish on Malvern Hill and stealing from the dead     Lincoln     35.   Francis Lincoln Nov 16, 1863 Describes skirmishes with the Confederates     McKinney     36.   Charlotte McKinney May 4, 1844 Kentucky woman asks her father for slaves     Morfoot     93.   Charles Morfoot Oct 12, 1862 Soldier writes home of battle, casuaties, hogs eating the dead   116.   Charles Morfoot Jul 11, 1863 Rebs and Yanks who know one another talk and shoot at each other during battle   115.   Charles Morfoot Aug 26, 1863 Description of woman searching for her prsioner husband; soldiers stealing food   113.   Charles Morfoot Nov 20, 1863 Letter to wife from Alabama about troops gathering against Gen. Bragg; camp life     Nichols     37.   Stephen Nichols Dec 19, 1862 Soldier writes home about the Battle of Fredericksburg     Norris     38.   Sally Norris Jan 29, 1837 New mother writes to husband announcing the birth of their son     Patrick     76.   Mary Patrick Aug 13, 1850 School teacher writing to sister about teaching, etc, in Mays Landing, N. J.   75.   Mary Patrick Oct 7, 1850 Young woman writing friend about life in Leed's Point, N.J. as a school teacher     Potter     39.   William H. Potter Apr 8, 1861 Family Letter     Powell     40.   Jeremiah Powell Nov 4, 1780 Jeremiah Powell, Patriot of the Revolution, about financial to John Cushing     Ramsdell     41.   William Ramsdell May 12, 1796 Letter home to wife from a sailor     Reynolds     95.   Robert Reynolds Jan 3, 1852 Brother writes brother to borrow money for investing   94.   Reuben Reynolds May 1, 1854 Brother writes brother about family matters   73.   Margaret Reynolds May 1, 1868 Letter from Statesville, N. C. about the hanging of Tom Dula (Tom Dooley)   108.   Margaret Reynolds Jul 1, 1869 Maggie Reynolds writes to her future husband Andrew C. Cowles     Sanborn     10.   A. Sanborn Dec 9, 1861 Brief letter to Elmer's Father     Sawyer     64.   Ezra Sawyer Oct 25, 1863 Letter from William Vanauken's sisters and brother-in-law     Stacy     117.   John Stacy Mar 12, 1780 Revolutionary War soldier misses his family and writes of reenlisting     Stanton     90.   Edwin Stanton Apr 18, 1858 Lincoln's Sec. of War offers his opinion of San Francisco & Chinese immigration     Taylor     43.   David Taylor Aug 9, 1838 Family letter   44.   Gibson Taylor Jul 2, 1864 To Clara from Rock Island Prison   45.   Gibson Taylor Jul 26, 1864 Letter to sisters about Battle at Mount Sterling and being a POW   46.   Gibson Taylor Sep 5, 1864 Letter to sister from Prison   47.   Gibson Taylor Sep 24, 1864 Letter to little brother about prison and travels prior to imprisonment   48.   Gibson Taylor Oct 4, 1864 Soldier's letter from prison to family member mentioning that he is sick   51.   Robert Taylor Oct 22, 1864 POW writing his sister about the death of his POW brother     Tenney     103.   Luman Tenney Apr 15, 1865 Captain's letter describing the last moments of a son's life at Five Forks     Tilden     18.   Calvin Tilden Mar 17, 1829 Politics, fire, and legal matters     Turner     20.   Larkin Turner Sep 25, 1807 Captain Turner writes to grandfather, Colonel Luke Drury, about voyage     Unknown     120.   John Unknown Oct 16, 1780 Revolutionary War soldier writes from West Point about troop movements   27.   Henry Unknown Jul 23, 1861 Letter describing the Battle of Bull Run   28.   Henry Unknown Jul 25, 1861 Letter to wife about life in Washington D. C. in week after Battle of Bull Run     Vanauken     52.   William Vanauken Aug 17, 1862 Soldier camped in a cemetery in Arlington overlooking the Potomac and Washington   53.   William Vanauken Aug 24, 1862 Soldier in Washington, saw Lincoln   55.   William Vanauken Sep 11, 1862 Soldier on the way to fight at Antietam   54.   William Vanauken Jun 20, 1863 Execution of three deserters by firing squad at Leesburg     Vencill     50.   J. Vencill Oct 16, 1864 Soldier writing to inform a father of his son's death in prison     Vilas     91.   William Vilas Aug 28, 1825 Letter to sister describing the execution of Stephen Videto     Walworth     74.   Elizabeth Walworth Oct 30, 1837 Travel, abolitionists, meeting Indians on the way to Washington to sign treaty     Ward     56.   Henry Ward Nov 10, 1861 Description of the battle of Balls Bluff by Gen Henry Ward     Warren     57.   John Warren Letter to son     Webster     106.   Jacob Webster Jun 27, 1786 Jacob writes to his father Thomas Webster for permission to marry     Wells     58.   Joel Wells Jul 20, 1861 Family letter about difficulty of farm life in Union Grove, Illinois in 1861     Western     59.   Juliette Western Oct 1, 1865 Woman asking a former slave owner for Negro help     Wheat     60.   Adelia Wheat Apr 6, 1863 Family letter   61.   Lide Wheat Apr 16, 1863 Young girl writes brother about the frustration of school     Whitney     105.   Franklin Whitney Jun 20, 1864 Private from the 36th Illinois writes home to his father about a skirmish     Wilber     62.   Eseck Wilber Jun 21, 1863 Marching towards Battle of Gettysburg from soldier who dies a POW Andersonville