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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/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/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/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/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/98112f88ee1e612a7531a95be64e14fe.pdf d0d9dde600bb46e55096d6e3d1f23c1d 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 Batt'ry 25 below Petersburg Va. Sat. eve'g Decr. 10th 1864 My Dr Sister, You may have noticed before this that a soldiers is not a very certain life, and that one following it is not altogether sure where his head may be laid to morrow night, even if he has some faint idea of to night's resting place. If you have received all my letters you are already aware that our base is changed to a considerable extent, and that the 1st Div. 6th A.C. is at present regularly installed in the Army of the Potomac, the 3rd Div. is with us but the 2d is not, and we have strange stories of its delay in the Valley, and subsequent misfortune and disaster, all of which I hope as most army stories, I know, are rather remarkable lies, and so I leave it with Gen. Wright Our 2 Divs are acting with the 2d Corps under the command of Maj. Gen. Humphreys, and that is all I know, and considerably more than I know certainly. Now I go on to "narrate" as I. Phenix does. [page 2] I wrote last no. 16 last Tuesday, the day after we came to this camp, our mpretty, picturesque winter quarters. We enjoyed every minute of our stay here, until Friday p.m. 3 o'c when the "pack up" blew and we fell in in the cold sour air of a winter evening to make a march, no know knew where, but all supposed down to the left somewhere. We started at 4 o.c, forming brigade line at sunset, down by Gen. Meade's Hdqtrs, and then off to the left we marched, just as a sleety hail began to drive through the shrill, bitter air of evening Down along the lines we marched, and out at an abbattised and forted and heavily armed door, into the thickets and forests of "Wilderness Dr." and after an hour or two of slow, tedious marching and after the hail had turned to rain and other beauties and felicities were apparent, tolerably, we came to a halt in a creek, but subsequently moved out of it, fomed line and went into camp for the night. Charlie, Austin and I put up a tent and a love of a fire, and after a good supper and dry, we retired to rest + sleep [page 3] Our supper and sleep were well seasoned with danger and fatigue so you will not be surprised to hear that they were particularly deep and probably breakfast might have been so, but it had no test, as we were called up nthis morning at dawn, to find 2 or 3 inches of snow, hail and ice accumulated on the ground, and a lot of wet icy tents to dry and "pack up". We got a nice bit of icy march through a tangled thicket and went into line of battle in the worst place I ever was in, a thicketty swamp, of a winter day. After the line was formed and vedettes posted we stacked arms, built a heavy timer breastwork and then some fires,a nd rested and dried and warmed and got breakfast-dinner at noon. And there we waited and watched for Johnnies until 3 p.m. hearing more rumors of the movement than I could write in a week. Some had it that Warren with his Corps, the 5th, had gone to Wilmington and we had gone out to distract Lee's attention from him. Others that he had gone to pull up the South Side R.R. and that we [page 4] were out to support his flank and assist him to retreat. There may be a kernel of truth in all the lies aggregated, but I am quite sure there is a deal more of chaff. Warren has moved, and that is all that is certain. We started but hardly had a movement At 3 o.c. p.m. we fell in and by a circuitous tortuous, muddy, sposhy march returned to this camp, reaching it sometime after dark, tired cold, hungry, only to find all the tenst occupied by strangers! But after a long rest in the damp chill of the night air, we ousted them and occupied their late and our recent quarters, much to their regret and our joy. As soon as we were comfortably housed + warmed a huge mail arrived, bringing me 8 Pub Docs your Nos 9, 10 + 11 and letters from Fannie in North East R.C. and wife and Seymour Storey. 9 + 10 contained each a "V" making 6 of that style. $30.00. All right. We have just recd whiskey rations and marching orders, so probably this is all for tonight. We start at all hours. 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., December 10, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-10-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-127 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Description An account of the resource Homer Curtiss relates to his sister a mysterious overnight march through the snow and the possible reasons for it. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/6edc93a1173bf879f96ccd9bcb84a94e.pdf f2b9780aacce52400c8d53106c24a465 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 No. 14 Con. Hdqrs. Co. "H" 2d Conn. H. Artillery 2d Brigade 1t Division 6h Army Corps "Camp Russell", Army of the Shenandoah Friday, November 23rd AD. 1864 eve'g. Dr. Friends at Home It has been a lovely day clear, warm Indian Summery, a pleasing change after Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, which were rigorous. We are in camp here where I first joined the boys a half mile from Corps Hdqrs, a mile from Dept. Hdqrs and 1 1/2 miles from Kernestown which is 3 miles from Winchester, Va. The boys have put up comfortable quarters, generally, though not what would naturally be called "rustic qrs" as few have stockades, but most have good fireplaces and chimnees and though wood is not convenient, they manage to pick up enough to keep from suffering with cold. We go a mile for wood and 1/2 mile for water, but both are good when reached, so if it keeps us busy to supply fire and food we are healthy and enjoy the life very well indeed though there is the usual amount of grumbling. [page 2] Nothing out of the usual line to day. An early rise, breakfast of dyspeptic griddle(or spider) cakes and Gov't. beef, guard mount at 9 o'c. Co drill from 9.30' to 11 o'c. I drilling Co "H" + "K" consolidated going through 1st Vol. Casey and McClellan's Bayonet Exercise mostly, diffuse if not very profitable. An excellent dinner of chicken pot pie. Thanksgiving remnant Battn drill from 1.30' to 3.30' p.m. the 2d being divided into 6 Cos with 3 line officers out, 2 of which rank me, so I get 3d Co (Color Co.) and am chief of Div'n for First line, but I manage to get along without any bad errors all through the drill, which like mine of the morning, is quite diffuse, going over Vol. 1, 2, + 3 of Casey's Tactics regardless of morder or arrangement. A brigade dress parade up near Gen. Wright's Hdgrs at 4.30 closes the active exercises of the day, a light supper of remains of dinner, this letter writing and the 8.30 roll call being inconsiderable efforts. For Aunt Mary Wedge's benefit I would say that Frank Wedge is a Sergt. in Co. K an honest, respectable quiet and I have no doubt a "pious" young man. He acted as right guidepost of the line this morning's drill. He is quite deaf but otherwise an excellent soldier. [page 3] Did you hear of our review the 21st inst? I did, and what is more to the point, saw it + participated in it, to the extent of my humble ability. It had been cloudy all day the morn'g and it began to rain as we fell in at 12 n, so we had a muddy little march up the pike to Gen. Sheridan's Hdqrs, nearly where we formed in column by regtl division, our brigade the 2d of the 1st Divn bringing us well to the right of the line. Our regt is the 1st or right of the 2d brigade. We formed the Corps line promptly, and myst have waited nearly an hour bin the cold dip, after forming for 2 o'c (the reviewing hour) to arrive. Gen. Sheridan in full dress and with a large staff and train rode up punctual to the minute, and the review commenced. He rode a splendid black horse, and rode him excellently well. Rode in front of each Brigde Comdr and saluted them down the brigade line. So on through the 3 Divisions of the infantry part of the Corps, these then the batteries of of artillery, posted in rear of the infantry line. It was a little differently conducted review, from what I had ever seen, for Gen. Phil dont go mto Washington for his Method of Review, but has Gen. Torbert get up one to suit the circumstances and the "Army of the Shenandoah." [page 4] After he (the Gen.) had done his part, the battn of the hin changed direction by the left flank, by head of column took wheeling distance, and so marched in series, and home in the rain I read Gen. Sheridan is a little man physically, but a whale militarily. All the boys nearly worship him, and dont growl at his reviews at all. I should have known him readily from his pictures I had seen in the papers. A queer plain face, round kind of head with striaght hair and full beard and mustache. There is a very good picture of him in the "annals of the Army of the Cumberland". There is a curious look on his face, half comical, half sad, all bright and sharp, different from anything I ever saw in any other dace. A man told me the Gen. almost cried when he rode up to the Fight of Oct. 19th another told me he almost laughed. I think likely from what I saw of his face that probably it did not look very differently from what it usually does, the difference being in the 2 mens eyes more than any thing else. Altogether he is not a common looking man. Of his achieve you know as much as I. They speak for dimensions [page 5] I am not certain that you will get a very vivid idea of the Army of the Shenandoah from my rough and imperfect sketch, but it may assist you just a little. You will notive that the 6th Corps has the post of honor (right wing) and half of the danger + work (at least) To hear the 6th Corps boys talk one would reasonably suppose njo other corps could fight at all. They say the 8th + 9th broke + ran at Winchester as well as at Cedar Creek and nothing "but our brigade of the 6th stood to a man" and saved the day. The 2d C.A. can brag more, [unclear] more and fight harder than any other military organization in the Vol. Army if the boys words are to be credited at all. Our brigade (famous Upton's) is a small squad now. Does not turn out more than 1000 rifles at the most and usually not upon an inspection or mparade. There are besides the 2d C.A. which is the right battn, the 95th P.I. 121st + 65th N.Y.I, all good regts. and true. Col. Hubbard our regl Cmdr is more beloved by the boys than ever Col. Kellogg was, which is saying much. Of. Col. McKenzie I need say nothing except that [page 6] he is about as popular a brigade cmdr as he has been regtl Cmdr. Others can detail his saying and doings better than I as he was one of [unclear] Gen. Wheaton Div. Cmdr is a gentleman and very fastidious in style + dress, appearing in the finest and brightest attire. Gen. Wright comes out in his very plainest dress possible, enlisted man over coat, cavalry boots and slouch hat, but both Gens ride very finest horses - Gen. Wright's a black, Gen. Wheaton's a chestnut, both beauties, but not grand like Gen. Sheridan's black that took him from Winchester to Cedar Creek that 19th of Oct. and took him all through the afternoon battle. Gen. Upton is said to be at Brigde Hdqrs. He is brevet Maj. Gen. I hear, and goes to Sherman's Army from here. Sorry to lose him, glad to have him rise. Reverse for "3 fingered slack". There! I have gossiped enough of my betters but I have also reached the bottom of the last page, so I cannot change the subject not having room to turn around. With much love therefore I bid you all a very good day. Homer S. Curtis Lieut. 2nd C.V.A. Comdg Co "H" 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., November 24, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864.11.24 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-123a 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 Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 Wheaton, Frank, 1833-1903 Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899 Upton, Emory, 1839-1881 Description An account of the resource Homer Curtis writes to his family about his daily routine and a recent review by General Sheridan. He also gives extended assessments of the generals of the 6th Army Corps. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/f18d4b75c53006249579f160c74ccb19.pdf 46de55e4d8c5144698b2ae251a600fc7 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 Trenches near Petersburg, Va. Sunday June 19th, 1864 Dear Ma + Lucy- Our Div. made a grand advance on Richmond with its heels toward it this morning. We marched from our camp up near Bermuda Hundred, which was within 12 miles of the Rebel Capitol down here to within a couple of miles of Petersburg on the East side which is 20 miles from Richmond. Shelling and sharp shooting is prevalent all about us now and we shall probably have an engagement before long. Be that as it may we are lying quite still now and as your letter of the 13th + 14th just came in I take this opportunity of answering it very briefly having very limited facilities for writing just now. I left Alex. on Wed. last and by almost a Providential dispensation reached the Regt. the next day at Charles City on the James river in its transit from Coal Harbor to this near base or rather field of operations the base is still at Bermuda. I forced the boys looking well and hearty though dirty and rusty as regulars all of which I told you of in a dirty patchy letter that I mailed yesterday. Of course there is no more to tell. We are pegging away at the defences with just reasonable success. [page 2] I saw John last night after I had retired. He came in from the trains for the 2nd time since he left Alex. He was very very glad to see me almost cried as he shook my hand. He heard so much screaming with his trains that he quite abandoned his practice some time since and he seemed softer kinder and better than ever to me and you know he has always been the kindest. I got up and chatted with him an hour and a half by the misty moonlight there in our rural camp in the grove of pines. Then he walked away into the dim and I know by his “good night” that I had no truer of some more refined friends. I had a good visit though semi sad, with Alf Hatch yesterday- sad when we spoke of Little(?) pleasant when we talked of home and house friends. I seem to get initiated pretty fast and already feel quite a soldier probably on account of the dirt I have accumulated on my person and clothes. I have not yet been under fire but the balls have buzzed about my head pretty close but not so near as they did about Sackett whos throat was grazed by one of those blunt pills so much used for the sanitary condition of the army. Poor Sackett is in Hosp’l now and I have not seen him yet but I hope he will be out soon. [page 3] Naturally I hear no preaching now but our chaplain is fully there in the field. He takes all sorts of pains to add to our mail facilities and is always on hand. I hope to come up and see Mr. Bassett and hear him preach, but I hope not in quite the plight Lucy dreamed of seeing me in. My blouse is short enough but no jacket thank you at least no trimmed one on the contrary I run to quite long shirts in the meetin’ costume. I hope and trust I may be spared to come home to you but am with the rest exposed to death daily perhaps not much more here than at home but still some exposed and I mean to try and be ready for life or death. I believe that here where a man carries his life in his hand as it were he thinks more of its being taken from him and really tries to make the sacrafice beyond the clay part of him as small as possible. There are some good boys here and they show it out more here than up in garrison life. God seems nearer and of more value as it were more necessary here. I thought at first it was cowardice or fear like one feels sometimes in a terrible storm, but I hope it is more than that. Marching along in the dust we say nothing to each other each is busy with [page 4] Please send a few stamps his own thoughts and his neighbor seems like a sphynx – animate but mute. I have spoken to some one that I was marching beside just to see if he and I could talk. Well when going on this in silence the wind seems naturally to turn to the friend who is ever near and does not require the use of the tongue and lip in conversation and I have had many pleasant hours of this kind of converse very pleasant in this strange out of the way land. You don’t suspect how like showers on dry and thirsty land your letters are. I always thank you for every word. Make them as long + frequent as possible for here we have nothing else to remind us of the outside world as papers are scarce and nothing but the daily dirty duty to do. I will write as frequently as I can but you will have to excuse dirt and pencil and style considering the circumstances under which they are produced – lying living continually in the dust and mud you will consider all this and believe me if less stylish, filthy as real and true as ever. Be good bodies keep up your pluck and remember me for good or bad as son + bro- Homer 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., June 19, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-99 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Soldiers--United States--Death Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864 Description An account of the resource Homer Curtis writes to his mother and sister of returning to his regiment after the Battle of Cold Harbor, hardships, being under fire, and the awareness of death that the soldiers carry. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/2ef8998243c0c28c6f5be953a508ca09.pdf 953d67a77ae7ffaefd813668efd7bb0e 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 On board Steamer "John A Warner" 40 miles up James River June 16th 1864 Dear Friends This is something new, life on the water. I have been afloat more than 24 hours, having left Alex per steamer "Tillie" yesterday. Had a lovely sail all day, and all night too, I presume, though after 11 o'c it was nothing to me. I might as well have been abed in dear, slow, old Warren as in the cabin of the Tillie, for all the effect the sail had on me. We got to Fortress Monroe at 11 o'c this a.m. just in time to connect with the present boat bound to Bermuda Hundred, the near base of supplies for the army. And so here we go up the river this murky, sultry, hazy day, to meet our old friends of the 2d Conn. H. Artillery. May I meet the dear boys soon and merge myself quietly into the 2nd very soon. Then and not until then will "Richard be himself again". I heard from some of sick that came up to Alex. yesterday morning that the 2d has a new Col. a U.S. Capt. or as we all call them "regulars" Maj. Hubbard is Lt. Col. and Capt. Skinner Maj. Good. [page 2] Camp in the Pines Withing 22 mile of Richmond, near Fort Darling ^Petersburg Friday June 17 1864 We ran up the James until 5 o'c when we were stopped by a pontoon bridge across the river, which effectually debarred our farther progress, and was passing over the army trains as rapidly as possible. I was just a little impatient at the halt, but as I could not seem to help it, I bore all complacently, and went and lounged in the ladies saloon. As I lounged and read a very ancient Herald I heard the Capt. say that he had heard that the 6th Corps had crossed the bridge this p.m. and that the whole army was en route and all had already or would soon cross the bridge. This was worth while, for if the army crossed here I might as well join it here as go up to Bermuda Hundred better for my pass said toe the Army of the Potomac so when a little later my boat put her tows ashore I jumped off and leaving the portage made diligent inquiries for the 6th Corps. To my great joy I learned that it had not crossed yet but was lying close by some said 1 some 3 miles away. I trudged up a half mile perhaps inquiring first for the 1st Division then for the 2d Brigade and almost before I found [page 3] the Division distinctly, I heard amid the confusion ^and due of a moving Corps Cap. now Maj. Skinner's familiar "H-halt H-front. H-right. H-dress" and saw fat Cap. Burnham. So I was soon among the boys, shaking hands, asking all manner of questions and being asked as many. Thus the securing impediment in the river proved to be the very thing to facilitate my finding the Regt. If there is a moral to my story you can deduce it. I'm in a hurry I spent the evening with the boys talking and visiting rapidly. Capt. Hosford gave me a letter from Lucy and one from Fannie at HQ P.O. and I read part of Fannie's by the firelight. Austin and I talked by the moon and firelight until 12 o'c when the bugle sounded the assembly and we all fell in and by short stages marched down to the river a distance of 10 rods perhaps where we loaded on 2 boats 6 Cos on each and by the strange weird moonlight we steamed up the river. I dozed and do not rightly know how far we sailed but I think we lay to part of the night any way we were up pretty well up the James in the morning and our boat went up the Appomattox to Point of Rocks where we dis embarked a little after sunrise, went up on the bank and breakfasted in the sand, hot enough to roast effs on was the sand. A strange kind of breakfast and life to me. [page 4] After breakfast we marched a mile and rejoined the other wing of the Regt. and made a bit of a halt, and along after noon we marched over here into the woods. We staid till 1 o'c this ^ Sat June 18 morning in our tents, when we were called out and made a little ineffectual march but came back to breakfast here and have since remained here ^in camp much to the boys satisfaction who are well tired but going on to days rest. All has changed. The bright muskets + brass, clean coats and pants, black boots and white gloves are all gone now behold the dirtiest of clothes, rustiest of musket and [unclear] burnt [unclear] supply the place, but the boys are in good spirits and health generally and I am very glad to be with them. We are gathered a mile and a half of the reb works but are not exposed particularly. We have a regular Capt. for Col. Capt. Mackenzie and Hubbard is Lt. Col. + Skinner Maj. as I heard in Alex but did not believe. We wear the red cross instead of bright crossed cannon the badge of our Corps + Div. Sackett is in hospital sick, he was not wounded at Coal Harbor but had one of the narrowest of escapes, a ball grazing his throat and nexk enough to make a contusion but no abrasion. Austin as I said before was sick and not in the charge, he is a bit incapacitated but not sick We are in the midst of celebrities. Gen Gilmore's Hdqrs are close by on the river. Gen. Butler's down by Point of Rocks Gen. Grant was at Bermuda Hundred yesterday but better than all these are the 7th C.I. is close by and I have been enjoying a pleasant chat with Alf Hatch [unclear] was with him! He is a Sergt without aspirations and a bully boy. They are pounding away at Petersburg, a little sulfur there and cannonade is the order of the day. With much love I remain ever yours, Homer. 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., June 16, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-16 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-98 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864 Description An account of the resource Homer Curtiss writes to his family about rejoining his regiment after the Battle of Cold Harbor. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/4b5c1fe3b2203d7cc90156ccd4d88996.pdf 55b4d2064894ed8245f4cbd75ee75206 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 Ashby Lodge Fort Ellsworth Va Friday Eve June 10th 1864 Dear Ma + Lucy Though I wrote a letter home this evening I feel called upon to write again as I have since I've received 3 letters from the home firm - 2 from Warren, 1 from N. Cast. bearing various dates from May 16th to May 29th. They had all followed the Regt. down the river to White House and returned to Wn before they came to No 229. Some friend, as is a friend sent them back to me and has my best wishes therefor Carrington got orders for us to join the Regt. too this p.m. so now away we go P.p. I hope to write next from White House at the Field. Communication is now open with the army and I suppose letters will get through both ways in time. As I wrote my farewell a week since and sent up to you and have since written the history of the Regt since it left here, I will in this confine myself to the answering of your letters which did me more good than you could think. it had been so long since I had heard from you. You asked if our boys liked to blow go and then go on blowing about the great prowess of the 2nd. The boys as a whole were glad to go though of course there were pusillanimous exceptions that I must name [page 2] They told me that they chafed a good deal when they were marching along with the old 2 years men to hear them say "There go the 'heavys' in white gloves from Wn, they can put on style but can't march or fight." But the 2nd made itself famous in one day, it kept up in the Flying Division marching and showed itself worthy of belonging to the "Fighting 6th" in the battle of Coal Harbor. Said one of the 2nd Corps boys to me in answer to a query if the Art. could fight "Yes they fight well, but not so well as they might they have not yet learned to be afraid of balls." If you think I am prejudiced in favor of the 2nd Art. look in the N.Y. Times for slain 6th and see the description of their charge and in the Phil. Inq. of a day or two later where it tells of the 2nd stealing a flag off the parapet in the Reb works. Oh I guess the 2nd will do as well in the field as it has done in the bandbox way. You never saw boys in better spirits than they when they left and when they came back wounded. I hope you will see Corp. Burton, when he gets up home. For it would do you good to see how cheerful he is. Queer coincidence is it now that I get as much per diem as you do per week and you can save as much per diem as I do per week. Glad you got the album and the memorials hope you will get the box. Oh yes I see Russell daily almost. He was left behind you know not reaching the city until the Regt had gone and is now one of the nurses in the Same Hosp. Sergt. Noble is there too. Why are you so anxious to hear the boys opinion of Mary? I don't know as they had any such thought she wished to see me. Conceit. [page 3] I should suppose Austin, Homer + Miner had overtaken Grant if exciting news would not be had otherwise. For the Coal Harbor news is quite exciting here. So Fannie has gone out into the world. Poor dear girl she must be lonesome over among the shepherds of N.C. I will write to her direct. You indirectly give my bundles of old letters a heavy punch, but it will make no difference For I wish to keep them and don't wish them left here either. Oh now, you go away. I did not take credit upon myself purposely in the album affair - it was all Austin even tho modesty. Strange we should have thought of the same words. I told him he ought to have a conservator over him, but what he gives Fannie I suppose is like putting from one pocket into the other, it will be as much his as ever. I hardly looked for him to move to Aunt Sarah's so soon though. Queer world aint it. You and I will be bachelors together, and go over to Austin's for a nice dish of strawberries occasionally. Do you write to Austin for the poor boy did seem lonely enough when I went up to "D." Tell Cousin Miranda I will take one shirt and one cake of sugar to Miner. I and my friends have survived eating the other cake, and the other shirt is in my box. You will see by my ambrotypes how the young man looks in his fixies. Yes, I'll come into the kitchen some morning, and startle you washing up the dishes. Poor Cap. Wodhams will not need his sword again. Good day. Tub. [page 4] This is very military style would be perfect if tied with red tape and ruled with red ink 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., June 10, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-10 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6-97 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Cold Harbor, Battle of (Virginia : 1864) Description An account of the resource Homer writes to his mother and his sister Lucy about rejoining his regiment and their performance in the Battle of Cold Harbor.