Vermonters in the Civil War

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Vermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from...
Show moreVermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from the University of Vermont and the Vermont Historical Society.

The collection includes materials dating from 1861-1865. Materials were selected for digitization to provide a variety of perspectives on events and issues. The voices represented in the collection include private soldiers and officers, as well as a few civilians. All of the extant Civil War-era letters or diaries of each of the selected individuals (at least, all that are to be found in the participating institutions’ collections) are included; each adds a certain experience and point of view to the whole.

Officers in the photo above are (from left to right): Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Stoughton, Colonel Edwin H. Stoughton, Major Harry N. Worthen. All are from the Fourth Vermont Infantry Regiment.

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Title: Vermonters in the Civil War
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Description: Vermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from the University of Vermont and the Vermont Historical Society. The collection includes materials dating from 1861-1865. Materials were selected for digitization to provide a variety of perspectives on events and issues. The voices represented in the collection include private soldiers and officers, as well as a few civilians. All of the extant Civil War-era letters or diaries of each of the selected individuals (at least, all that are to be found in the participating institutions’ collections) are included; each adds a certain experience and point of view to the whole. Officers in the photo above are (from left to right): Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Stoughton, Colonel Edwin H. Stoughton, Major Harry N. Worthen. All are from the Fourth Vermont Infantry Regiment.
Publisher: University of Vermont Libraries, Center for Digital Initiatives
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Date: January 1, 1861 - February 28, 1864
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Identifier: uvmcdi:civilwar, local: civilwar
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Language: eng
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Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to [email protected].

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Title: Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
Description: He writes of the return to Vermont of his wife’s brother, Oramel G. Howe, of sending her a can of milk, as well as other items, going to Brandy Station on business, having drill practice and of witnessing a horse race in which $1000 was the prize.

Title: Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
Description: Letter includes a poetic description of nature, contrasting with itthe blight of slavery, and his hope for the end of the war. It also includes ruminations on death in the field versus a natural death at home. As well, he writes of love. He then gives details of the health of his Company,...
Show moreLetter includes a poetic description of nature, contrasting with itthe blight of slavery, and his hope for the end of the war. It also includes ruminations on death in the field versus a natural death at home. As well, he writes of love. He then gives details of the health of his Company, including the news that Sergeant Beckwith was bitten by a snake, and mentions several visitors.
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Title: Daniel S. White to Maria E. Howe
Description: Topics include the witnessing of a hanging execution of a man from the New Hampshire 2nd Regiment who had killed an innocent woman (wife of a rebel soldier), his reaction to the hanging, of military tactics to deter the rebels advance, of breakfast awaiting consisting of fried pork bread and coffee.

Title: Daniel S. White to Maria Howe White
Description: Topics include a photograph of Maria with a new hair style and a joking encounter with another officer about the photograph. He also writes of memories of his youth and how he would never have believed there would be a civil war and that he would participate in one.

Title: Daniel S. White to Maria Howe White
Description: Letter written to reassure his wife that he was alive, though wounded in the leg, after the Battle of the Wilderness.

Title: Diary of Horace Barlow

Title: Draft of Official Statement
Description: Topics include an account of a situation involving Colonel Bulavsky and Major Alden that lead to the recommendation of a “Court of Inquiry” being held.

Title: E. A. Morse to John Wolcott Phelps
Description: Topics include rations for the 1st Regiment of the Vermont Volunteer Militia for May 23rd to August 8th, processing routine, the offering of the position of Quartermaster in the 4th Vermont Regiment, writer's decline of the position.

Title: E. P. Mason to [Asa P.] Blunt
Description: Topics include E. P. Mason asking Roswell Farnham for his help in protecting his sick family.

Title: E. P. Mason to [Asa P.] Blunt
Description: Topics include G. Mason stationed in Spring Bank Virginia requesting of Col. Blunt that guards be stationed around his house and wood pile for protection.

Title: E. Putnance to Alner D. Sparrow
Description: Letter from clerk in the Adjutant General's office to Bradford's father, Alner, regarding his inquiry about Bradford. Letter states nothing is known at the office about Bradford except that he was taken prisoner and that Alner's request for information has been forwarded to F. F. Holbrook,...
Show moreLetter from clerk in the Adjutant General's office to Bradford's father, Alner, regarding his inquiry about Bradford. Letter states nothing is known at the office about Bradford except that he was taken prisoner and that Alner's request for information has been forwarded to F. F. Holbrook, Vermont Military Commissioner.
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Title: E. R. S. Canby to J. Gregory Smith
Description: Topics include the acknowledgement of the privileges awarded to the men enlisted under the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Vermont.

Title: E. T. Johnson to Mary [Farnham]
Description: Topics include several companies camping on the riverbank in Maryland, Jackson’s army assembling in Leasburg, and preparing to march most likely to Edwards Ferry.

Title: E. V. N. Hitchcock to John Wolcott Phelps
Description: Topics include camping outside of Fort Pickens at Camp Stoughton, the good health of the regiment, the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac, and the ungentleman-like ways the officers act. Hitchcock's mood is fairly upbeat but realistic: predicting the end of the war is difficult; a long...
Show moreTopics include camping outside of Fort Pickens at Camp Stoughton, the good health of the regiment, the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac, and the ungentleman-like ways the officers act. Hitchcock's mood is fairly upbeat but realistic: predicting the end of the war is difficult; a long expected attack on the island never occurred (indicating a fault in intelligence?); army life is good, but he hopes Phelps can find a better situation for him. Hitchcock mentions the "negro regiment" in charge of Ship Island.
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Title: E. V. N. Hitchcock to John Wolcott Phelps
Description: Hitchcock learns that Phelps is nominated to be a Major General. Concludes letter with another carefully worded appeal to Phelps for a better position, preferably under Phelps's command. (Hitchcock underlines the word "inactivity.") Details in between include mail that has arrived, including a...
Show moreHitchcock learns that Phelps is nominated to be a Major General. Concludes letter with another carefully worded appeal to Phelps for a better position, preferably under Phelps's command. (Hitchcock underlines the word "inactivity.") Details in between include mail that has arrived, including a Brattleboro newspaper (title unknown); a new "conscript act" (Conscription Act: passed by the Union in late February and signed by Lincoln in March, 1863); preparations for summer and the anticipation of a large shipment of ice; officers busy with a Court Martial; and the continued good health of the regiment.
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Title: Edward Murphy to William Wirt Henry
Description: Writing from camp at Westover Landing, Virginia topics include trying to convince William Henry to come join Company D in the 2nd Regiment, mentions officers resigning and hopes to take Richmond by the end of the summer.

Title: Edward P. Stone Correspondence
Description: The correspondence consists of letters from Edward P. Stone, chaplain of the 6th Vermont Regiment, and his brother John M. Stone, to family in Berlin, Vermont. Edward Payson Stone of Berlin, Vermont, was born on August 1, 1830 in Quechee, the son of John F. and Lydia (Paddock) Stone. He was...
Show moreThe correspondence consists of letters from Edward P. Stone, chaplain of the 6th Vermont Regiment, and his brother John M. Stone, to family in Berlin, Vermont. Edward Payson Stone of Berlin, Vermont, was born on August 1, 1830 in Quechee, the son of John F. and Lydia (Paddock) Stone. He was ordained as a Congregational minister on October 14, 1861. On October 10, 1861, he was commissioned Chaplain of the 6th Vermont Regiment. He served in that capacity until his resignation on August 27, 1863. He died of arteriosclerosis on September 11, 1920, at Rutland, Vermont, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. John Munson Stone of Berlin, Vermont, brother to Edward P. Stone, was born on September 18, 1835 in Barre, Massachusetts. He enlisted as a Private in Co. F, 1st Vermont Regiment, on May 2, 1861, and was mustered out on August 15, 1861. He died of enteritis at Williamstown, Vermont, on August 27, 1915, and was buried in Brookfield, Vermont. The Stone letters include updates on the health of men in the regiment, the regiment's events, and Stone's preparations for dead soldiers' funerals.
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Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Description: Appreciation for letters from home, glad to know money sent arrived safely, the improving health of the men in the regiment and officers being ordered home to recruit for the brigade.

Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Description: Regiment several days marching before reaching camp near the Aquia Creek, names various commanders in charge of the corps, newspaper informed him of the death of General Israel Richardson (wounded in Battle of Antietam in Maryland, Sept. 17, 1862, died Nov. 3, 1862)

Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Description: New Year's greeting given to family, getting his tent settled, men under marching orders, no passes to be approved until Gen. Brooks returns.

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