70 10 1130 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/1fbd6fd3eb7308f68c22e4d63d32643e.jpg 6509062db5211fdd1bb3ccb79a65dc15 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/46d78164e42744cc5ba5dca4fc444b44.jpg 20cd9f24019afc85876608492392e28e 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 New London Postcards Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5"x5.5" 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 Pequot Lighthouse, New London, Conn. Subject The topic of the resource New London Harbor Light (listed as Pequot Lighthouse) in New London Description An account of the resource Postcard of New London Harbor Light (indicated on the card as Pequot Lighthouse). The card is addressed to Mr. Norman Kelley in Ballouville, Conn. It has 1905 postmarks from New London and Killingly, Conn. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Rotograph Company, New York City Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 lighthouses (New London CT) New London (Conn.) New London Harbor Light The Rotograph Co. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/9627e9faa3c36a664865af4c949511ed.jpg 040ae0465dbfe64e7ac0073dbe5b5542 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/6832413d53c911be356d3166db46cc31.jpg cb348e3e1f772e922996137ed01fd093 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 New London Postcards Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5"x5.5" 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 Race Rock Light, off New London, Conn. Subject The topic of the resource Race Rock Light near New London Description An account of the resource Postcard of Race Rock Light, near New London, Conn. The card is addressed to Miss Elsie V. DeWitt, in care of Mrs. W.L. Learned, in Bethel, Maine. It has a New London postmark from 1907. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Robbins Bros., Boston and Germany Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907 lighthouses (New London CT) New London (Conn.) Race Rock Light Robbins Bros. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/6b4b8a7a78b0fbd9697b4c737948a837.jpg d4fb0f6967c3e7743a8df64f52b23807 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/9efdc6877c5e708c3c854ea8957a4653.jpg d989119a3cedfde747e41417ec4d8bf0 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 New London Postcards Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5"x5.5" 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 New London Light and Casino Subject The topic of the resource New London Harbor Light and nearby casino Description An account of the resource Postcard of New London Harbor Light, and nearby casino, in New London, Conn. The card is addressed to Miss M.J. Chesebro in Mystic, Conn. It has a Mystic postmark from 1906. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, Leipzig and Dresden Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 casino (New London CT) lighthouses (New London CT) New London (Conn.) New London Harbor Light Rhode Island News Company https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/3d020b94ed57a1719d0af197547f9ade.jpg 65ec419e275fddff49483aff799dfd18 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 Connecticut College Campus Activism Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 “The Big Man on Campus” Description An account of the resource Visual Description: In this photo, Steven Detmold, a curly-haired male student, new to Connecticut College, is leaning on a desk filled with papers, registering for classes. Two women students gaze upon him with intensity and enthusiasm while a third looks less interested. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 coeducational diversified President Shain single-sex Summer Planning Group https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/a163249be139888319c6f2de5acd44c0.jpeg 0f8d2508d028d8a6077401de7d83403f 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 Connecticut College Campus Activism Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 “The Big Man on Campus 2.0” Description An account of the resource Visual Description: In this photo, Ezra Norris, a dark-haired male student, at Connecticut College, is leaning on a desk filled with papers, gazing onto registration papers. Two women students gaze upon him with intensity and enthusiasm while a third looks less interested. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 coeducational diversified single-sex Summer Planning Group https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/22b2d6ef1ac33a301310c0bdcc8ba39a.jpg e361e2b6bb13e840d45fdee031af8f52 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 Connecticut College Campus Activism Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Fundraising for Mardon Walker Description An account of the resource Visual Description: A picture of a group of girls, three on the left standing, and two seated behind a dark wooden desk. The girl furthest to the left is half cut off by the picture frame and is holding a clipboard. The middle standing girl is leaning over the shoulder of the girl directly in front of the desk. The girl in front of the desk is handing over papers to the furthest right seated girl. The seated girl on the left is smiling up at the girl hanging over the papers. She has an open metal ballot box in front of her on the table. The other seated girl furthest to the right is receiving the papers from the standing girl in one hand and in the other is holding a pen. In front of her there is an open pad with writing on it. In between the seated girls on the desk next to the ballot box is a pair of sunglasses. The girls are in what looks to be a hallway where the walls are bare except for one poster above the desk with some writing and other forms of media on it, which we assume is advertising the event hosted by the girls behind the table, because it is not fully visible Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 activism fundraising Sit in https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/861b0f7c81ebc5b7272d78c72cb839e0.JPG 4912624f7fca3344edaf1013cf82cbe9 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 Connecticut College Campus Activism Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Fundraising, Recreated Description An account of the resource Visual Description: A picture of a group of girls in a class. Three standing on the left and two seated on the right. The furthest most girl on the left is slightly cut off. She is holding a notebook with both hands. The middle standing girl is facing the seated girls, standing behind and to the right of the last standing girl in front of the desk. The last standing girl is smiling at the furthest right seated girl and handing over some papers with her left hand. The girl she is handing the papers to is seated furthest to the right behind the classroom desk. In front of her is a pencil case. The second seated girl has nothing in front of her but is facing all of the girls who are standing, watching the scene. civil rights fundraising Sit in https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/e24995c78c9bb4a1d87b23c3c7852d5f.pdf ced86f3b48f96f195166fdb8dbd9968e 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 Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</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 Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources 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 Hilton Head S.C. March 16 1864 My dear Mother The three "Billy-dooses" came safely and sweetened me in tripple [sic] measure, a day or two ago. It was partly as good as being there to share your jubilee only through letters. Such reports do not make me homesick, but on the contrary give a home feeling wherever I am by bringing you all nearer in spirit. It does not so much matter where our bodies are, if the wings only touch. Nothing adds more to my happiness here, than to know of bright days at home. I suspect Henry had a tearing time with the girls, and you a happy one in the midst of all. Not every mother can boast such a jolly crew of children, good children, too are they not! The scape-grace was well out of the way this time. It must have been sweet relief to be rid of such an animal for once. And as for me, (since it is I who say it + not you) [Page 2] I am glad to have ministered to your joint enjoyment even by absence. But that visit is over now and -- Mr. Woodruff did not come by the Arago today! How sorry I am. I would not selfishly wish to cut short his visit at home but am growing hungry for a sight of the good man. You see we have been quite without a shepherd these seven weeks and we only made provision for an absence of 20 days. "The calves are a blattin' in the barn"! Sadly as we miss him however, the Light of Port Royal did not wholly depart with him. Almost without a human leader certainly with no "ruling spirit" aside from the Spirit of God men meet and are moved with one impulse strong + deep. The "Tongue of Fire" is among us. Indeed it seems to be abroad, kindling the Country, with a flame purer than mere patriotism. It will help our cause. For when the national sacrifice burns with fire from heaven, no rebel hands can guard it. There are three meetings in town [Page 3] each week on Sunday, Tuesday + Thursday evenings, not crowded, but with a good and increasing attendance of right earnest workers, full-hearted men. They remind me much of the old noon-prayer meetings in New York. I think I told you of my call from George Bissell, but not of the last surprise. Charlie Goodyear appeared suddenly at our tent door the other day, on his way with his regiment to Beaufort. We had just found out our whereabouts, though he had been several days in the vicinity. Mr. M. and I walked down to the dock with him and had quite a little visit with him. Likely enough he will be back here again soon when the acquaintance may be renewed with a trice. You do not know what a fellow- feeling we fellow townsmen have for each other. We have occasional accessions of recruits to the regiment in small parties. The largest, 41 men, came yesterday. Among those who joined some weeks ago was an [Page 4] old first Lieutenant of this regiment, who had been discharged the service on account of ill health, and on recovery, volunteered again as a Private in the 6th Conn. I see in the Colonel's list of recommendations to the Governor, is that of this man for promotion to 2nd Lieut. Please thank Fanny Stanwood for a nice letter she sent me last mail, since I can not possibly do it myself this week, and I am sure she would not wish me to. I am bravely over the foolish days when the frist [sic] duty on reading a letter was to write one in return. I am sorry to say some of my friends are of the same mind with me in this matter, as is quite evident from their long waiting. With me duty + desire do not always keep company. I want to write "dreffully." This time, even you, must let me off with this little. It shall not be so next week if I can help it. Am feeling in Prince Condition, and presume am really so. The rebels have not yet surrounded us, and may find it difficult to do so on an island with gunboats keeping guard. Cornelius. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuscript letter 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 Cornelius Gold, 6th C. V. I., March 16, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) United States.--Army--Military life Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his mother about life in camp, homesickness or the lack thereof, new recruits, and meeting up with fellow townspeople. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-03-16 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/c066dab845bf8654d62f1975f0107a89.pdf e3e5047d33b43b1e4634dc10c4fd25ae 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 McCracken 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 received by James McCracken from William Reynolds and Charles McCracken, soldiers in the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McCracken, Charles Reynolds, William Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/mccracken/">McCracken Civil War Correspondence</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives 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 Georgia Camp at Savannah June 21st 1865 Dear Brother, I received your letter a few days since in reply to mine & was glad to hear of your continued good health. Your excuse for not writing sooner is a very good one. I notice you were very busy & had a good many "irons in the fire" than is right only Keep them all agoing, hammer tongs, & all the old adage of "too many irons in the fire" conveys an untruth. It seems you have taken to farming a little in connection with your shopwork. Well, I trust it a good thing for you [Page 2] aside from the farming profit it is not good to confine ourselves too much indoors but out- door exercise is highly beneficial to us. We are still here in camp. Just outside the city limits. Our camp is on a river spot& is inclined to the South, & West we have quite good water for cooking purposes & have free access to the river for bathing we have erected arbours in our Com. streets to shelter us from the burning rays of the South. Our fare is salt portk & beans & hardtack with a little coffee twice each day. We get few vegetables, which are beginning to be more plenty now if we have the money to buy them. [Page 3] As yet, we have none as the paymaster has not yet made his appearance among us but we hope to see him soon for we all would really like some funds. As yet it is a general time of health among us & we hope it will continue. Now & then we trade articles of clothing for vegetables or something for a change of eatables. I do not see as there is any argument on the part of the commissariat for any such neadment of soldiers. Certainly it is not so much depleted as to require any such stringen- cy & we are not far from base of supplies so that there is no reason for such a state of things but something is wrong [Page 4, blank] [Page 5] Continuance & we are lead to the opinion that somebody is making a "Pile" out of our rations. If I should live so at home I should think it miserable poor. If we have on an active campaign or we should expect such things but such is not the case. We are in camp or garrison & are entitled to good & wholesome food particularly in this hot climate. I am not one one of those who complains & heretofore have said nothing about our fare but now I think it time I speak a word -- Whether it does any good or not we shall no doubt have to remain in this vicinity all summer & I think we ought to get more vegetables. [Page 6] I notice the work of reconstru- ction is going on in all the different states & the people are adapting themselves to the new order of things. The Negroes are an indolent lot, as I always knew & have little or no faculty to set themselves to work to better their condition, but perhaps they will get to it after awhile. But enough about the Negro. I notice Father has another housekeeper & I trust he will mark such an arrangement as will insure her remaining with him for some time to come. I suppose his place is still encumbered with a mortgage, which he has not the ability to meet or to pay [Page 7] When I was at home, he wished me to take it, but I could not then see the propriety of my doing so. probably if it is ever to be paid one of us will have to pay it or it will pass most of the name of the family. I don’t know but I might help pay it. if the place opposite your or the Peckham place. I suppose it is, could be bought so that we could own all on both sides the road unmolested. This would give me a comfortable place with land enough such as it is. Then I should not wish to interfere with yours in any arrangement you may make, or might have made in relation [Page 8] to any, or all of the property here I speak of, but I speak of it as a thing or transaction which might transpire perhaps you might feel, of the parties who are interested, I see what might be done in the matter it would be very desireable to own all of the land on that corner. I don’t know as that place can be bought at all, it is only an idea which has occurred to me. Since I sit down to write if you please you can give me such information as you may or might possess upon inquiring but I must close & I trust then will find you all well much love to you all. Your afct Brother Chas S McCracken Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuscript letter 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 Charles McCracken, 12th C.V.I., June 21, 1865 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources Operations rations (Military supplies) United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia Racism United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865) Description An account of the resource Charles McCracken writes to his brother James about the situation of his camp outside Savannah after the war, his frustration with the rations he is receiving, and financial difficulties and opportunities back home. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-21 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/66f24d44919cf5b45a4e8ab7fe8cdec2.pdf 274cb23bff0acbf119675518d3a192e5 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 Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</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 Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources 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. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuscript letter Text Any textual data included in the document Hilton Head S.C. Feb 29, 1864 My dear “Family”, February has gone, or is going out like a lamb, and our Winter vanishes softly in the mild misty twilight of a spring evening. It has been “no great shakes of a winter”, for a Connecticut boy but “what there was of it” I am glad to see go. Sand is a poor substitute for snow, and windy dirt-storms is not cold, are neither beautiful nor anything else but dirt. I suppose however, that our southern neighbors think it must be highly nutritious for Northern “mud-sills” to diet on Carolina gravel, and glory in their “hospitable shores”, “Bad luck to ‘em”! They have been feeding our boys in Florida in even worse fashion rifle balls by the gallon. It would make your heart ache to hear the tales the maimed ones tell of the battle, the repulse, and the long weary march of wounded men left behind in the street, who would walk till they died rather than fall into rebel hands. I will tell you as near as I can the story of one, a private in the 47th N.Y.Vols, this regiment has been encamped close by us til the expedition and out of more than 700 who went into the fight upwards of 200 answered to roll call at the close, the rest killed, wounded + missing. Feb. 30. I thought I had the “world shut out” at 9 o’clock last night, and a good hour to spend with you before bed time, but a good [page 2] friend knocked at the door, and I let him in with a groan. I felt it was my only chance to write you this mail, and he talked and stayed till eleven o’clock, my fault as much as his for we both enjoyed the confab, but when he was gone I shut up my portfolio and laid it away with disgust. It is the close of one month and beginning of another, so that for a few days we are over-run with work. I shall have the pleasure of writing Muster Rolls far into this night, have only a moment now while waiting for the other clerk to come and help. I think I have told you what I am “doing in the Adjutant’s tent”, but since you are ignorant will repeat it. My duty is writing, and nothing else. When I can, I go out and drill an hour with my company in the afternoon, but the business is rather more confining than I like, and I have asked to be relieved, and sent back to my company for duty. I feel impatient to get there, am out of humor with my “quill”. My health is good enough but I came here to be a soldier, and nothing less will satisfy me. Now I will try to set your mind at rest on one subject, by telling you exactly how I am. My way of life has been too sedentary to change me much from the individual I was six months ago. But I complain of nothing in the way of pains sickness or burdens to be borne, have literally nothing to complain of, wish I had, it would be a luxury to get real tired once from work, to carry a knapsack till my back ached. One thing I am determined on, to get fairly out of doors again and stay there [Page 3] if I can. The Adjutant’s office is a good place to learn gain an important part of a military edication, but with one the physical must ever be uppermost, if I would thrive. Last week I went three or four times to the Hospital and passed an hour or two talking with our wounded soldiers from Florida or helping them in any way I could. Since we were not allowed to share their pains, it is the next best thing to give them sympathy. At first I had a dread of going among the wounded, the sight of blood or bruises was always repulsive to me, but it was my fortune to meet a shattered arm at the door, and pour a “cup of cold water” on the bandage for the owner, to talk with him, go in and sit down with him, write a letter for him, + have a right pleasant time. This opened the way to other beds + bedridden ones, another letter for a man with a ball through his thigh, and a bit of banking business for the poor fellow who trusted $60.00/00 in greenbacks with me to send for him to the Savings Bank in New York. He had more faith in strangers than I could have had, but it was none the less grateful to me to be able to aid him. I have quite missed my visits there, since, for the last two days I have had no time to go. I would tell you more about the doings of the regiment, if there were anything to tell, but beyond a story of “Guard duty” there would be nothing. This has been too incessant to admit of artillery practice yet. But our veterans returned last Sunday + I dare say will soon begin the Heavy Artillery drill. I understand that one of Company “B” [Page 4] tumbled off East or West Rock while at New Haven, and killed himself. We shall miss poor McNamara, if this is true, for he was our company tailor. James Dunn made a slight mistake. Mr. Mitchell has not been acting sergeant Major at all, was only performing the duties of quartermaster sergeant during the absence of the sergeant. I am sorry for Mr. M’s sake he should give any such impression. Mr. Mitchell is highly respected by both officers and men, and I have no doubt will some day rise above the ranks. If he does, it will not be for office seeking. There are too many old soldiers to reward for long + faithfullly services, to allow of speedy preferment to new corners. I am glad to hear of Theodore Mills’ good fortune and of and right sorry, we are to have his brother, + our cousin, Charlie Robinson, for a neighbor. But I wish him all success in his noble mission, and said “my love” + belssing to him + her + the little one. Please deliver when you see them. So Henry “made a lip” at Mr. Gunn and was punished richly for his impudence. He’ll “look out” next time “I reckon”! Am much obliged for the bundle of papers. Have enjoyed “looking at the pictures” in Leslie very much, can find use for them if I do not find time to read them myself, which is most unlikely at present. 1/2 past One A.M. The hour is sufficient excuse for putting my hand and seal to this letter. Have just ended my day’s labor. Mail closes tomorrow, that is, to day. Will you please put a large white pocket handkerchief in the next letter for me — mine is getting dingy — Mails are slightly irregular and I have no list of sailing days, doubt if they are fixed. In haste, Cornelius. 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 Cornelius Gold, 6th C.V.I., February 29, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource Civil War, camp life, army bureaucracy United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) United States--Army--Clerical work Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-02-29 Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his family of life in camp, his frustration at his clerical duties and desire to be trained for combat, and visiting with wounded soldiers