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Box 3

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Contains 33 Results:

Writer: Robert Taylor Writer's location: Camp Casey Washington DCWriter's Military Unit: Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. BAddressee: Miss Rachel Ziza, 10/26/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 11
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Love Letter comments, see letter below from 10/27/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 10/26/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Thorton Haws Writer's location: Camp Casey Washington DCWriter's Military Unit: Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. BAddressee: Miss Pegga Taylor, 10/27/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 12
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Love Letter comments, see letter above from 10/26/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 10/27/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. James E. Russell Writer's location: Point Lookout, MDWriter's Military Unit: Union, 5th Massachusetts CavalryAddressee: Friend Mr. Okson, 11/13/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 13
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Colored cavalryman warns the rebels that the black Yankees are coming.Number of pages: 4. Illustrated.

Dates: 11/13/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Edward Minnie (?) Writer's location: Before Petersburg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Miss. Mary Marsh, 12/18/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 14
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Trading sugar and coffee for tobacco - also trading hats for rebel caps.Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 12/18/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: 2nd Lt. Charles W. Smith Writer's location: Near Petersbury, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 1st Connecticut ArtilleryAddressee: Miss Emma Leach, 1/21/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 15
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Yankee deserts to the rebels.Number of pages: 3 1/2 and envelope.

Dates: 1/21/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Capt. S. Boyer Davis Writer's location: Johnson's Island, OHWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, UnknownAddressee: My Dear Friends, 2/15/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 16
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POW letter written the night before Davis was to be hanged as a spy.Number of pages: 1

Dates: 2/15/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. E.A. Klipstein Writer's location: Camp 8th VA RegimentWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 8th Virginia InfantryAddressee: Son James, 2/23/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 17
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Goose shoot between Yankee and Confederate soldiers.Number of pages: 2

Dates: 2/23/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: James Henderson Writer's location: Camp 67th, OHWriter's Military Unit: Union, 67th Ohio InfantryAddressee: Brother and Sister, 3/2/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 18
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Exchange papers with rebels - Rebels keep constant firing at night to prevent desertions but they still occur.Number of pages: 4 and envelope.

Dates: 3/2/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: William H. Green Writer's location: Nashville, TNWriter's Military Unit: Union, 45th New York VolunteersAddressee: Father and Mother, 3/4/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 19
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Tenessee women spit tobacco and smoke cigars - 14 year old deserter.Number of pages: 4

Dates: 3/4/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: H.D. Burr Writer's location: On the Weldon RoadWriter's Military Unit: Union, 2nd Connecticut ArtilleryAddressee: Sister, 3/7/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 20
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"What an ocean of blood it has taken to wipe out the stain of slavery"Number of pages: 4 and envelope.

Dates: 3/7/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

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