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- Lance McDonald on 26 March 1863: “Ah what changes since then…”
- Lance McDonald on 20 March 1863: “…will you do me the favor to have the boy placed in jail before he is aware that the Dr. doesn’t get him, or I fear he will run off before I can get him.”
- Lance McDonald on 17 March 1863: “I have a frail good for nothing body, but I have more heart for the work than some of these big fellows…”
- Michael Ward on 25 February 1863: “Troops have been pouring in in great numbers from North Carolina.”
- 28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…” | Civil War Day by Day on 18 January 1863: “I made twelve garments last week and worked sixty-two button holes and sewed on as many buttons. Can you equal that?”
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24 December 1862: “This is Christmas eve! Oh what a different mode of spending it this is from what I have been in the habbit of doing!”
Item description: Letter, 24 December 1862, from Union soldier Stephen Tippet Andrews to his beloved, Margaret (Maggie) Little. Stephen Tippet Andrews enlisted in the 85th New York Infantry Regiment on 26 August 1861. He helped organize Company F, and was mustered … Continue reading
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Tagged 85th New York Infantry Regiment, Christmas, holidays, Margaret Little Andrews, New Bern, New York, North Carolina, Stephen Tippet Andrews
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28 September 1862: “I believe it would take a hundred pound shell through the top of my tent top to make me make a quick move.”
Item description: Letter, 28 September 1862, from Union soldier Stephen Tippet Andrews to his beloved, Margaret (Maggie) Little. Stephen Tippet Andrews enlisted in the 85th New York Infantry Regiment on 26 August 1861. He helped organize Company F, and was mustered … Continue reading
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Tagged 85th New York Infantry Regiment, Margaret Little Andrews, New York, Newport News, Stephen Tippet Andrews, U.S.S. Minnesota, Virginia
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23 September 1862: “…said to myself that was Ray Wells but could not tell for certain their was so many that lay dead on so small a spot of ground that I did not want to look any more than I was obliged too…”
Item description: Letter, 23 September 1862, from Homer Case of the 12th New York Infantry to Mrs. A. H. Hall, sister of William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”). Case wrote from Cliffburn General Hospital … Continue reading
19 September 1862: “O what terrible fighting they are having in Maryland for the last five days…”
Item description: Letter, 19 September 1862, from Jonathan Lewis Whittaker to his wife Julia A. Wells Whitaker. More about Jonathan Lewis Whittaker: Jonathan Lewis Whitaker (fl. 1862-1865) was a physician of Orange County, N.Y., who served as a United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, hospitals, Jonathan Lewis Whittaker, Julia A. Wells Whittaker, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, New York, Pennsylvania, surgeons
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11 September 1862: “I hasen to give you all the particulars & facts that are in my posession in relation to his death if he is dead…”
Item description: Letter, 11 September 1862, from Lieutenant Edward Drake to Mrs. A.H. Hall (first name not known), sister of William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”). Item citation: From the William Ray Wells Papers #2960-z, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th New York Infantry Regiment, casualties, Edward Drake, family, New York, Onondaga Regiment, William Ray Wells
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10 September 1862: “If the sacrifice of Ray’s life had been productive of any good to his country we could more easily give him up.”
Item description: Letter, dated 10 September 1862, from Mary Wells[?] to her parents, concerning the fate of her brother William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”). Mary includes in the letter two newspaper clippings … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th New York Infantry Regiment, casualties, family, New York, Onondaga Regiment, William Ray Wells
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10 May 1862: “when our troops first landed here they were attacked by a party of negroes and a number of us slashed up with nives and had their throats cut.”
Item description: Letter, dated 10 May 1862, from William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”), to his family in New York. Wells makes mention of a secondhand report of an attack by “a party of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th New York Infantry Regiment, African Americans, Battle of Eltham's Landing, Battle of West Point, New York, Onondaga Regiment, William Ray Wells
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26 April 1862: “…it always seemed to me that I was not destined to die here.”
Item description: Letter, 26 April 1862, from Union soldier Stephen Tippet Andrews to his beloved, Margaret (Maggie) Little. For an introduction to the correspondence between Andrews and Little, please see our post of 11 February 1862. [Transcription available below images.] … Continue reading
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Tagged 85th New York Infantry Regiment, Margaret Little Andrews, New York, Stephen Tippet Andrews, United States Army
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1 March 1862: “Maggie we are beginning to have indications of spring the weather seems like April at the north”
Item description: Letter, 1 March 1862, from Union soldier Stephen Tippet Andrews to his beloved, Margaret (Maggie) Little. For an introduction to the correspondence between Andrews and Little, please see our post of 11 February 1862. [Transcription available below images.] … Continue reading
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Tagged 85th New York Infantry Regiment, illness, Margaret Little Andrews, New York, Stephen Tippet Andrews
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11 February 1862: Introducing Stephen Tippet Andrews and Margaret “Maggie” Little
About Stephen Tippet Andrews: Stephen Tippet Andrews enlisted in the 85th New York Infantry Regiment on 26 August 1861. He helped organize Company F, and was mustered in as first sergeant of the company in the second half of 1861. … Continue reading
