103 10 1130 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/f2062cf7dbc8965a3134c9e07570a976.pdf 629bd79b9a96d38cd0e5bc6c93aad552 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Curtis18650322 Head Quarters 2n Conn. Artillery March 22n 1865 My Dear Friends Nothing of great moment has transpired since the completion of No. 30 yesterday afternoon but as I have a few minutes of leisure perhaps I cannot improve it to better advantage than in advising you of my good health and continued well being which if not very exciting intelligence is pleasant and soothing answering a good purpose where there is nothing of greater importance to communicate. Our friend Zelates returned to the Regt. some days since. I have met him once only. That is only just to pass him in camp He called with that nice can of butter and chatted with me of home and some friends and scenes for a short half hour and presented me the lacteal extract in the name of Frank – that bully brother of mine. I returned thanks to the giver for the gift and the bearer for his care and kindness in its transit from the native to the normal state. Tate gave quite a glowing description of his trip and visit He spoke so frankly of your girl there Miss Lyman that I hardly had the face to rally him on his own success and when I did he evaded it so gracefully that I did not press the matter at all. He seemed to me so different from his cousins of our place that I sometimes doubt if he more than a cousin in name for surely he is no cousin in nature. (page 2) I am feeling a trifle disappointed this morning only just a small trifle. Col. Ordered me to send in an application for a leave of absence to visit Washington, D.C. 3 or 4 days since. I sent it in and was rather expecting it would be approved in a day or two more when last evening an order came down from Army Hd.Qrs which looks leaves of absence and furloughs quite over. I expected to have proceeded to Washington and arranged the business there and then visited home for a week or so and I had anticipated much quiet pleasure from the brief visit but it is now indefinitely postponed. Perhaps it better as it is I do not care very much but I should like to have stepped in on you unawares some evening at tea time and as I had rather come to the conclusion that I might if I did not get collided on the Camden + Amboy Rail Road. I am as I have mentioned once before a little disappointed. There are but few amusements here for whiling away the long hours but one the theatre. I must briefly describe the building in which the play is produced is the beautiful church of the Engineer Corps which I think I have briefly noticed before as a gothico-rustic structure neatly furnished and fluted with the slim pine saplings that are so very abundant about yer and capable of roofing some hundreds of people a thousand perhaps and seating one hundred of them. To this church I wended my way with my friend Munger a few evenings since and on its stage saw a variety of live comedy and minstrel performance which were creditable enough here though (page 3) they would hardly pass in New York or Washington. I noticed some of the little expedients for making the room look theatrical as for instance the large sheet suspended from the centre of the roof and draped with evergreens for a chandelier (how should that be spelled?) with adamantine candles for gas there the use of bright tin plates for reflectors and foot light screens and numerous other ingenious contrivances, scenic effects almost, which added much to the beauty of the hall and reflected much credit upon the designers if but little light in the audience. The performance consisted of songs – dances- walk arounds and a very broad farce a travesty on “Camille” that elicited much laugh if little admiration At the performance on St. Patrick’s Eve , Sec. Stanton, Gen. Warren and other notorieties assisted as the metropolitans say with their presence. They had a gala day down in the 2n Corps a horse and foot race and a general Irish time and it was on their return from that celebration that these worthies called on what I have seen called in the Herald “the operatic troupe of the 6th Corps” which sounds large for a small thing and is not particularly voracious in as much as it has no more connection with the 6th Corps than it has with the Coldstream Guard. But that is of no consequence. The only unexceptionable thing I might rather say pretty thing I heard or saw besides the church was a song- patriotic of course sung by a quartette with guitar and violin accompaniment. We have also some very pretty music from our own and neighboring bands- (page 4) Lt Soule has written Lucy a letter which gone from here by the same mail that takes this. I hope it will be much more interesting that this, sure. You must remember (I need not say) that Mr. Pierre writes like a man with a rope around his neck figuratively speaking as he is engaged to Miss Sarah Sullivan of Wellsville so you will only need a hint to be circumspectangular I have been playing backgammon with Mr. Vaill and throwing dice to get a the rule of chance which as near as I can demonstrate it is the average of the odds- There is really a loss or loss that govern chance. I must think often throwing dice 100 times to get at it. Did you ever think of it? The average throw is 7, highest 12, lowest 2, +12 =14÷ 2=7 the average. 10 throws will seldom or never go up to 80 or fall below 60 and so on 100-1000 or any other number. I am going over Little Dorrit again find it better than before, even – and Charles OMalley is magnifical By the way I read that word in my daily chapter this morning. Can you guess by that wherabout I am The post man waits. I bid you adieu Au revoir Yours respectfully C.S. Curtis 1st Lieut + A.O.O. 2nd Conn Arty Madame Curtis Warren, Conn. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homer Curtiss, 2nd C.H.A., March 22, 1865 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-03-22 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-140 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life Description An account of the resource Homer Curtiss writes to his mother of his inability to get a furlough and the entertainments in camp. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/15e3f950a774e98b7a740d06512bb544.pdf a3c2ebea31632abd6524a69980a9d9c6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Warren Conn. Sunday July 2nd 1863 Dear Homer If you saw last Tuesdays Tribunal you will not wonder that we have not written to you since then When we read that the 2nd Conn Vol. Heavy Art. Were mustered out of U.S. service & started for home yesterday “ie. Monday, June 26 – I had no more doubt that you would be home within a week than I have now that you are not here – I never will believe a news- paper report again. Our Daily stopped coming the next day after it perpetrated that fattest, blackest lie of the season and I for one was glad of it for such a falsifying journal is a nuissance in the family + “a disgrace to any people”. All preparations for The Fourth were postponed till the last moment, waiting for the soldiers to come home + take part in planning - + I guess finally nothing will be done, but a few who feel like celebrating will go to Litchfield where great things are to [page 2] be done. Charlie Marsh came here last Thursday + invited me to go with him. You have heard that “by patience + perseverance the rat ate through the cable”. I was not engaged + accepted Charlies invitation with a great laugh in my sleeve to think how persistent he had been. + I presume his sleeve was also full thinking how he had got me to do what he knew I did not wish to. If you mean to boat ride or romance around a great deal in any way with Aggie you will have to hurry home + then work with energy + skill for a certain naval officer in our midst seems to be making the most of his “Leave” by absorbing the time + attention of that lovely miss – They are as chipper as two kittens. It seems to be quite a new phase in Augustines character which we see developing from day to day – so I thought I would mention it. Thomas Carter & family, including Sarah Sturtevant arrived in town last Thursday, while we girls were [page 3] visiting with Mrs Tallmadge, by Invitation. Sarah is a good girl + I am glad to see her back again, her three years which she was to spend West has not been quite so long as yours in l’armi, for she left Conn. a month after you + returns, I fear, as much as a month first – Miss Pattie Van Vleck (né Carter) is also in town, + Silia Charrie, Flora & Miss Coleman are expected tonight. So you see you soldiers are about the last of our company to come in. If you do not make your appearance pretty soon you will be reported “Absent without leave”. Eunice will not be here till the first of August. We have, of late been cultivating the acquaintance of Miss Hungerford, or Phebe as she wishes us to call her, For once I think my first impres- sion was correct she is all my fancy painted her but I take to my self no great credit for penetration for she is so open hearted that any one could see at this first interaction, just what she was – in quality- I mean not quantity [page 4] as you can judge of a piece of goods by the sample which hangs out of the paper, I like her better every time I see her. The deeper I go the richer the mine but always the same metal I expect to find- no veins of an inferior quality - yet - - - I don’t think you would like her at all, she is not your style Yes you would too, you could not help liking her she is so good but you would as soon think flirting with a psalm book not that she is troubled with Ed. Stones disease, far from It. She is fat + jolly but she has the soundest common sense I ever saw displayed in one of her age, 23 years. There, now come home + tell me I have gone into ecstacies over a very common place school marm It is Monday morning now as cool + calm + bright as the day Herbert wrote of long ago. I am writing with my sleeves rolled up, ready at a moments warning to plunge into the wash tub & scrub away like any think. We found a soldiers blanket under your bed after you left home + we washed it up. Was it yours? Leucie [Lucy] Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lucy Curtiss, Warren, Conn., July 2, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Description An account of the resource Lucy Curtiss writes to her brother Homer of the false newspaper report that his regiment had been mustered out of service and that he would return home, preparations for the Fourth of July holiday, and family news. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-07-02 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/0ec4b53ef6045cd0c30976a599febad3.pdf caf0c52547b7c2011552c86f1181ba21 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document (at top upside down) Love from Mother Warren Conn Sunday eve May 29th, ’64 Dear Gub, Your letter of the 24th just arrived last Friday and as any news from the 2nd CVHA is in great demand just now I read some portions of it, omitting the romantic, aloud. At the P.O., to an admiring audience, while a brisk shower was transpiring without. We can get no information from the main body of the 2nd since their arrival at Fredericksburg. Mrs. E. Shepherd hears from her Fred frequently but he was left behind at Belle Plains, on business similar to yours, I should presume he has sent Em. packages and bundles from there to the tune [page 2] of an $8.00 express bill. I wonder if Miner, Austin, H. A. etc. have over- taken Grant yet. If so we shall hear exciting news before the close of the week no doubt. I do not wonder that you wish to be with them but we are about and well satisfied with the present arrangement of things. Fannie started for North East last Monday, since that time Ma and I have been sole occupants of our house, company excepted, and nothing has been heard from Fannie. She has gone out into the world to seek her fortune, and is probably too much engaged in her search to stop to write home, though I should think she would want to use her new pen occasionally. By the way weren’t we surprised when we discovered Austins beautiful gifts [page 3] where we expected to find bundles of old letters written by ourselves, with possibly a book or two, and we hoped also for a letter from you and then, sure enough, it was, good as new, though bearing a somewhat- ancient date. We are certainly very much obliged to you for the share you had in the trouble of shipping that package, you even intimate that with some such aid as you gave we should never have received it. Many thanks to you. For the rest, I will soon write to the Madisters, and not burden you with messages to him. I do not know how readily letters reach the Rgt. now. When you write again please tell how to direct them. Aunt Miranda wishes you to open the bundle she sent to Miner by Mr. Camp, take out and appropriate [page 4] the maple sugar concealed within then send back the shirts as Miner will not want them to carry around with him. I allow your arbutus letters to be romantic, highly so, I suppose you could not even guess who so kindly remembers our wandering Luke, if so probably would not mention it aloud. O’no, assumed hand writing without doubt, no means of ascertaining definitely the fair (dame?). We have not received any “Chronicle” lately so conclude that you reprinted and did not send it or else it has been lost on the road. Have I acknowledged the receipt of the Co. D Memorial? I forget. Well it came all safe with your name picked up among the Lts. as large as life. It looks well on paper certainly. I do kindah wonder how you would look with decked out with all your new fixin’s Well, if you live and prosper I shall hope to see you strut into our kitchen so gayly bedight in about 16 months. Capt. Wadhams sword came into our P.O., + I saw it the other night. Frid. I sent it up to Mr. Stones, don’t see why he should. Lucy Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lucy Curtiss, Warren, Conn., May 29, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Cold Harbor, Battle of (Virginia : 1864) Description An account of the resource Lucy Curtiss writes to her brother Homer on the eve of the Battle of Cold Harbor about not being able to get any news about his regiment. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-05-29 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/f0f62e520cc4ca8361691b8597d886de.pdf 52aff9acb63c5747b10f23aa4b6193d7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Ingram Civil War Correspondence Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence sent by William Ingram, a solider in the 12th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, to his wife during the Civil War. Also includes a letter by his brother, Henry Lampheare, to his father. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ingram, William, 1824-1863 Ingram, Harriet Lamphere Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/ingram/fa.html">William Ingram Collection</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Campe Parepet Aug 11-62 My Dear Wife I Receivd your leter of July 18 And I was very glad to Hear from you and the Children and the rest of The folks that you was all Well I am well as comon I Have not did eny deuty Sense the 16 of apriel I Havent got very Stout yet but I am So that I Can travel all round the Camp ground it is very Warm weather downe heare Now henry is quite well Theire is plenty of ripe Figs and a plenty of orengs [page 2] And sum lemons here you wrote a good deal a Boute my coming home But I dont sea eny Chance for me to guit Home untill the war is Ended and that dont look As it will bea very Soon Now I Should bea very Glad to cum home and Sea you and the children But it cost to much The fair is 60ty dolars From new orlens to new york you must keap up Goo chear and put your Trust in god for every Thing will work for [page 3] The best who put their Trust in god I was very Glad to hear that willy Has ben a good boy tell Him he must help you All he can tell the rest Of the children that I Say tha they must bea Good Children and help you all they can for it Will bea very on Sirtin When I shll guit home Againe for the rebels air Determin to hold oute As long as they can Five companeys of ours Rigment our company Was withem went a few [page 4] Days a go over lake Ponchetraine to burn a Bridg and toir up the Railrode track they Stairs Nine days theys had a Brush with the rebels their Was for or five of our men Wounded and we kild Seven of them and wounded Nine of them you did not Write wheither you receivd The 10 dolar check or not I wish you would let me no Wheither you receivd it or Not you rote aboute Sending me sum money but Theire wasnot eny in it From your afectionate husband Wm Ingram Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Ingram, 12th C.V.I., August 11, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc. Operations rations (Military supplies) United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865) Description An account of the resource William Ingram writes to his wife about the difficulties of getting home and the progress of the war in Louisiana. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-08-11 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/cda9bcca5e2110ad427682c17f13edec.pdf 0f3c63cd21ec333832d13243e3d585b1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Feburary 9th Falmouth Decem My Dear Wife I received your last letter and they Dolor you sent me I waited pationley for your letter to hear from they children I was glad that She is getting better Ellen tell her to be a good giril and father will if he can get a chance to see her he will they are giving 10 days furlo to some of they men they way they do it is draw lots and if you are they luckey one why you do get a furlow and if not you can stay hear we have got 4 months pay 52 dolors I am going to send you 30 dolors by the Chaplin he is going home on a furlow for 10 days So he will take it to Middletown and put it in they post office So you can get it joseph Mackcluskey he has got hear know he lockes first rate we have got a knew captain 2 leutenants we have lost bro broach lucas and galpin Broach he has been Promoted captain in Co A So we Have lost all all our old officers know [page 2] So we have to do they best we I can about that furlow you kneed not expect me untill my time is Served in they Army I am getting allong first rate thank god I wish I could get a furlow I should like to see you and they children but if not hope on hope on About they Box I Should like that Box know for I want them Boots this place is all Mud tell bill that if He was Hear he would See Some of they greenest Officers that ever was Some of them was made leutenants from corpolors they whole officers Does not know beans we have lost all our best officers how is David getting allong tell Bill to that all they Soldgers wants Mcclenan then they will fight that is So it tis all little Mack give father my best respects and all they familey I wish you would ask margrit for Johns adress what company he is in I Should like to hear from him I will Send they children 10 cents a pice in this letter [page 3] This is No 1 from me Letter Willie 10 Ellen 10 Mary An 10 Magy Jane 10 I want you to number your letters know thin I can tell if I get them and So can you I have nothing particular to rite to you know but we are in the same place still give my best respects to Mr Hubbard and Family tell seth to rite to me or harley and I Will rite to him I should like to hear how they get allong gorge he is first rate give tom fling my Respects tell him I would rather make hay in they bogey meddowes than to carey a rifele Abbout them mits you kneed not send them for I have got they pair you sent me is as good as ever you Sell them but you can send all they Socks you have a mind to I want they Childrens likeness if you can send them in a card I want to see them but for you I donth care for I guess you can send them all in a letter or give them to lucas and he will fetch them to me I should like to see them you can send yours to I should [page 4] Like to see it two I want to have you to rite to me as soon as son you get this letter Sunday or not for I like to get as maney as you can rite no more at present From your Affectionate Husband William D Smith good boy Excuse my short letter Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Digby Smith, 14th C.V.I., February 9, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc. McClellan, George B. -- (George Brinton), -- 1826-1885 Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife about his chance to get a furlough, his pay, sending money home, the current state of the regiment's officers, and opinions of George McClellan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-02-09 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/980151b87ae0b708a6e273c03a707b8e.pdf c8eb7f62ab618652cd08845bca461df8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer Papers Description An account of the resource Correspondence of Thomas Pimer to his father while he was serving in the 21st Connecticut Infantry in the Civil War. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Read this as the pages are 1 numbered Camp at Newport News Va March 12 63 Dear Father Your Letter of the 9th I have just received and do sit Immediately down to answer. I was very glad to hear from you once more and to know that you are still alive and well. I am sorry that you are troubled with rheumatism and hope that you will get better when warm weather comes. there are a great many complaining with the the rheum- atism out here caused by sleeping under wet Blankets. I am still well have enjoyed better health in the two months past than ever before, have gained ten pounds in weight , you would be surprised to see how the Boys have picked up since we have been here in our [page 2] 2 old camp at Phalmouth it was wet most of the time and awfull mudy we could not be comfortable do the best we could most of the Boys got discouraged had one ambition and gave right up but since we have been here they have picked up wonder- fully the Major has put them right through on Drill and yesterday there was a general inspection of the regt by Capt Stephens the inspecter Genl he pronounsed them to be the best 3 years regiment in the ninth Army Corps and thinks that we will pass for Regulars. I think that we shall be put at Fortress Munroe to do garrison Duty this summer. I hope we shall for it is a spleanded place we are now encamped on the Bank of the James river 7 miles below the Fortress our quarters are long Barracks in one of which ther is three companies we sleep in [page 3] Bunks put up on eather side it is quite comfortable in pleasant weather but when it raines we get pretty wet and we also have any quantity of Rats when it is all still at night they come out and roam arround in search of our grub once in a while you will hear some one yell out that there is a rat under the Blanket then out jumps the Boys any gather arround to catch him in the house that I am in there is about 250 men and they raisened most all night one dont get more than four hours sleep in a night it is a continual uproar all the time. I was sorry that the Bread and cakes were spoiled that mother sent me for they would have been quite a treat but I am very much oblige for them although I could not eat them. I have written to George and he has answered it. I shall write to [page 4] 4 you oftener that I have done but hope that you will write once a month to me. I am writing now for the Major and have not much more time to spare I have no Duty to do now but write and they keep me at that business most of the time. I can write a pretty good hand when I am not in a hurry and can write fast have been about fifteen minuits writing this letter and made a mistake to. give my respects to all of the Family tell Del not to forget what I wrote him. answer soon and I remain Your Loveing Son TPimer Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer, 21st C.V.I, March 12, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources Operations rations (Military supplies) United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865) Description An account of the resource Thomas Pimer writes to his father about his new camp, camp life, and what he is eating. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-03-12 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/9c72158f261a888b3300ab33fc601dd2.pdf 0d7b3cbf700dbdb3fc8b261644d89cbb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer Papers Description An account of the resource Correspondence of Thomas Pimer to his father while he was serving in the 21st Connecticut Infantry in the Civil War. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Head Qrt. Dept. Va. + N.C. Provost Marshals Office Norfolk Va. June, 2nd 1864 Dear Father Your letter of the 26th May was received with much pleasure on Sunday. I was very glad indeed to hear from you for I had thought you did not intend to answer my letter it being such a long time since I wrote. I felt very bad several times when I thought of you and wondered why you did not write. You dont know Father what feelings I have sometimes when I think of the past, of the once Happy home of my Childhood. where I was surrounded by those that I loved who I then thought loved and cherished me as their baby Son and brother but who now seem to think or care not for him that is far away from them. It does not seem as though I had any Brothers Sisters or Parents. I once in a long while get a letter from Mary but what composes it there is no Sisterly love or affection about them nothing more than to pass the compliments of the Day and talk of Home disputes, and Flirtations. I never [page 2] hear from George William or Susan John has written once to me because I earnestly requested it of him. I have received but two letters from Home since I was there and I feel very bad about it. There has indeed been a great change in our Family dureing the past six years the Father has been seperated from his Children most of them hate and despise him they pass him in the street with cold looks and haughty manners. he has not one of his children to come and see him and to comfort him in his old age. then on the other hand the Brothers + Sisters in their Hearts despise one annother. for selfish reasons one hates the other because he or she is a little better situated and has got the means of living comfortably. they are always quarrelling and disputing and are never Happy. I have really sit down and cried about it. I sometimes wish that I had never been Born. what aught to be my Home is not a Home to me. those that aught to love me care nothing for me and I am left to myself. when I go with young men into the presence of their Fathers they enter into conversation with them talk laugh and joke with them the go out togeather and enjoy eachothers company as though they were both boys togeather [page 3] but it is not so with me and my Father and many + many a time have I wished such was so with us I have longed for your company and at times would have given anything to have been with you only a short time. you have thought (and maby you do now) that I cared nothing for you but you are mistaken I know that I have often had hard feelings towards you. but I was the cause of it. it was my Temper which carried me away and caused your anger and many a time have I been sorry for words I have used to you when you little thought it. if I have disliked you at times I never Cursed you as others have done. neather do I hate you for I could not Hate my Father let him treat me in the worst manner. yes Father I do care for you and often do I think of you when alone in my room and wondered why I could not have been to you as I see other Boys are to their Fathers. But it is no use to talk of that now as it was so will it remain all we can do is to make an atonement for the past, and live different in the Future. I say live different. we can I know we can. You Be to me as A Father aught to be to his [page 4] Son. build up new hopes in me and I will prove to you that I can be worthy of your affection. write to me often. do not be affraid to talk to me if you have any advise give it freely and I will abide by it if Possible. let us be to eachother as we should be and see in the future if there cannot be Love without Emnety of feelings towards one annother. I am yet in the Provost Office and have charge of one Branch of the Business. I am likely to stay here a long while. that is if I behave myself. (and I think I shall) my Health continues to be very good. the weather is exceedingly fine here now but very warm. the small pox has about disappered only a few cases remains. it is reported that there is a case of Yellow Feaver in Portsmouth but I guess its false. if it does come here and get to spreading I shall take up my Bed and go double quick. Business is very Dull here and produce is awfull High. the citizens live mostly on Fish and Bacon they have no money to buy meat + vegetables with. Give my love to mother and all inquireing Friends. Hopeing this will find you both well I will close. answer soon From your affectionate Son ThS K Pimer Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer, 21st C.V.I, June 2, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865) Civilians in war -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Description An account of the resource Thomas Pimer writes to his father of his disappointment in not hearing from home, health in the camp, and the situation of the local citizens. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/7760c92069d9e333260e4faa482853a4.pdf bb6f68204d868163640911250807c8ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer Papers Description An account of the resource Correspondence of Thomas Pimer to his father while he was serving in the 21st Connecticut Infantry in the Civil War. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Office, Chief Qr. Mr. 24th Army Corps. Richmond Va. May 21st, 1865 Dear Father Tis nearly three weeks since I wrote you and have received now answer and I am getting very anxious to hear from you and know if you are Sick or well. one week ago I received a letter from Goerge. he said that you were suffering with a bad hand and did not state what the injury was, but said you would be unable to write for some time and said I must not be worried if I did not hear from you. but how can I help being worried and troubled when my Dear Father lies sick and suffering hundreds of miles away, and I cannot see him or hear from him. Oh: if I could only feel assured that when this letter reaches you it will find you well again I should be satisfied but I have not the assureance, and can only hope and pray for it to be so, write me as soon as possible and if you cannot write get some one else to write for you that I may know immediately how you are. [page 2] It was reported here some six days since that the War-Dept. has issued an order for the immediate discharge of all Volunteers whose term of Service expires prior to Oct 31st 1865. I have been expecting the Order to arrive here daily but as yet none has been received. Such an Order I learn has been issued from the War-Dept, but has not been promulgated through the different Commands it is expected every day and within five days after it arrives here I can get my discharge. Dear Father a Gentleman this morning called to see me and made me a very good offer and before accepting or refusing him I wish to have your oppinion and good judgement on the matter the 25th Corps. composed of Colored Troops has been Ordered to Texas and are to start in two or three weeks and there is wanting to complete the command some two hundred Civillian Clerks both in the Adjutant Genls. Office and in the Quartermasters Department. the Gentleman has offered me a position in eather of the Departments and is very anxious for me to go. the wages to be paid are from $1.25 to $1.30 a month and I am to make a written aggreement to stay one year. I think the pay very good and much better [page 3] than I could get at Home at the present time but as for going away down to Texas is quite annother thing. I do not know anything about that part of the country. it might be an advantage to me and it might be a great disadvantage. I think more of enjoying good health than anything else. out here I am perfectly healthy and as hearty as a buck and I am improving very fast in weight but I dont know how it would be in Texas and for that reason I want your advice. are you willing for me to go and do you think it best that I should go. I leave it for you to decide and whatever you advise so will I act. We are having excellent weather here just at present but rather warm so much so that it is impossible to be comfortable during the day. tis so warm and clost in the office that we have to defer our work untill evening. if the warm weather continues to increase I don’t know what we will do in August. I think twill be the hotest summer that we have experienced for several years. Richmond presents entirely a new picture now from what it did when we came here. the Stores are all opened and all the different branches of business is being transacted the same as of old. the Streets which abounded [page 4] in filth, and dirt of every description have been thuroughly cleaned and are swept nearly every day by the D*****s. the part of the City which was destroyed by fire on the evacuation is being rapidly rebuilt and tis intended to put up much finer buildings than those which were these before. The Rail roads are all running and Boats also. the Citizens are allowed to go where they please without having passes and in all everything appears the same as in one of our own cities. I am affraid Father that I shall have to hastely end my letter as I have got to attend the Colonel who is going to the Generals. but for that I could write all night for nothing gives me more pleasure than to sit down and write you a good letter. give my Love to Mother and all the family. give my kind regards to Mrs Shepard and to Mrs Chapell and now hoping with all my heart that this will find you well and able to write me a speedy answer I will close by remaining Your Loving Son ThS K Pimer Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Pimer, 21st C.V.I., May 21, 1865 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865) Civilians in war -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century1865 Military occupation Description An account of the resource Thomas Pimer writes to his father of his impending discharge, an opportunity to participate in the occupation of Texas, and the current status of Richmond. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-05-21 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/89ea4c5059924bd54604afbc8f9ce385.pdf 534fb00abc777856db06d58e04c0e340 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document N3 Falmouth March 1st Dear wife I received your 2nd letter and was glad to hear you was all well as this laves me at present thank god I received fathers paper also I have know particular news to rite to you onley we are at they same old place still we find a nuff to do 1 day on picket and gard me and Eddward Stroud hes been on gard for they last week 7 days and 7 nights for coming in from picket 3 quarters of an hour before they rest of they Ridgement did they are getting awfull strict know we have got a knew magor and brigedere general he makes us tough they mark how dow they feel athome abought been drafted I guess it twill not work verey well but I hope some of them Abolishionest will be drafted every one of them it twould suit me first rate I sent you a letter last week with 10 dolors in it it twas N2 you mentioned in your letter about me not riting to you oftener I send you letter for letter you had aught to send me [page 2] 2 for my one but I will try and keep up with you they reson I do not rite to you is because you rite your letters on Sunday and then I dow not get your letter untill Thursday or friday so I generley answer your letter Friday or Saturday then I have to wait untill thursday or friday again before I get answer from you but sometimes I am on picket or gard and then I canot rite to you for if I do rite I cannot put it they mail bag untill I get back to camp about joseph McCluskey I let him read your letter he donth think there is any thing outh of they way with sera but he is going to find out but he is not going to fetch your name or fathers in it I would find outh if I was him but let him you mind your own bisey any how if you donth you mind what you will get about them pigs be you going to keep them all summer donth you wish I was home to feed them I should like to be but you donth suppose I would feed pigs know I would rather you would send me some of they straw that they have ^for a bed I should like to have one as good as they have [page 3] I will send they children a little paper they Christen Baner they may like to read it I have red it I may send some more if you get this one we have not got hour boxes yet they are some time on they way I should like to have them boots and so would gorge for this is an awfull muddy place one day it rains they next it snows So you may judge how we have to paddle through they sacred mud of virginie gorge he has gone on picket to day to Fredericksburg he is well tell Seth I will rite to him pretty soon tell him he had ought to come out hear with some hens he will get 65 cents a dozen for Eggs hear you may travel all day and you will not find a hen I have no more news to Send but give my love to father and William David and all they family and allso to Mr Hubbards family Thomis Fling and family and Mrs Smith and berins rite soon tell willie and sister that I want them to rite to me and let me see how they are getting allong in school if they are not sick No more at present but remain your Affectionate husband William D Smith Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Digby Smith, 14th C.V.I., March 1, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865) United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc. Draft -- United States -- History Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife of their current camp, the money he is sending home, how the draft is affecting people at home, and argues with her over the frequency of their letters Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-03-01 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/c82490a05d4f5c72d65d21e398f1f59e.pdf 04a4a76ceea0c538455f739e3ccf95c3 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Text Any textual data included in the document 1863 Falmouth January 31 My Dear wife I received your letter on they 30th and was sorey to hear that they children was sick but it must be a hard job for you allone it makes me feel bad that I cannot send you some money we expicted to be paid Every day last week but we see no sines of it yet but I hope we will get it pretty soon I wish you would send me they date of they month when you rite to me so then I can tell when you get my letters they last letter you sent me it got missed with they 130th Penselvenie Redgment so one of they boys fetched it to me when I got it I cominced Riting to you and then I had to go on picket do you think that I will have to serve soldgering 3 years if I do it twill be they longest 3 years I have Ever served if Ever I have to serve 3 years [page 2] more I would rather serve 3 years in States Prison my dear wife I canot rite you a long letter know for I have to get ready for Picket know I must tell you that we have Had a snow storim so I juess we shall not move rite away we are in they same place yet keep up good courage it tiss hard but I cannot help it if you could get that 10 dolors from david it twould help you some and I can pay lewis bailey when I get my pay I do not know what to do it tiss small pay enough for us and to be paid once in 3 months gorge hubbard is well give my love to father and family and all enquiring frends not forgetting my young ones I hope god will spare [page 3] they children and you until we meet once more excuse my short letter know for I am in a hurey from your loving husband William D Smith Good boy Stand they storm I hope it twill not be long until they children is better how is William Maitland you never mentioned his name in your last letter I want to say more to you but I canot you keep up good courage I am well rite soon good boy willie Ellen Mary An Maggey Jane Yours W D Smith Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Smith, 14th C.V.I., January 31, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc. United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865) Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife of his difficulty of getting paid and his attempts to get her the money she needs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-01-31