96 10 1130 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/8869af7e70fa306348abc63b75c11c38.jpg 473296ebe2ab140ba7a6c012887ae2a4 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 Cuala Press Broadsides Subject The topic of the resource Fine Press Printing, Printing -- Ireland, Description An account of the resource Pdf files of the first series of Cuala Press Broasides, 1908-1911. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cuala Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1908-1911 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elizabeth B. Yeats, Jack B. Yeats 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 Cuala Broadsides Year 7 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/36902405b8add31c16fb2f454c7e35a5.pdf f6c3bf520a8d914942bdfcc0c68272a7 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. Document A resource containing textual data. 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Pleasant Valley MD Oct 16 [1862] Dear Father Not receiving any answer to my last letter I thought but that I would wright again and let you know that I am well and have been well since I have been out here, with the accep- tion of a looseness in the bowels which has plagued me a good deal. it is on account of the muddy water that we have to drink most all of the Reg iment are the same way. since I wrote last we have been on the march most of the time going from one place to another without stopping but one night at a time in any place since we left Va [page 2] we have marched in all about one hundred miles going from ten to fifteen miles in a day some days we would not go over six. I thought at first it would go hard with me but after I had gone a few miles I did not mind it at all Just as lieves go as not. I find that stout rugged men are the first to give out we have two great stout fellows in the company who have always worked in the field and were used to hard labor, and looked as thought they could stand most anything. they gave out among the first. they are now on the sick list and have been for two or three weeks. we have not lost but one yet. poor Ed Addams he [page 3] was taken sick in Va and I think if we had only had a deasant surgeon he might have been with us now. when we had orders to leave Va and go join MacClellan he was left behind to come on in the ambulance wagon we did not hear from him for five days and then herd that he was worse and had been sent to the Hospital. the next we hear of was that he was dead he was a good boy and was liked much in the company. we have three more in the Hospital now. we are now encampt in a pleasant valley between two mountains it is quite a nice place. if we only had something to protect us [page 4 -- blank] [page 5] from the cold and rain we have no tents. left them all in Va the boys take their rubber blankets and make a little tent of them but they dont keep out the rain or cold. another thing is we cannot get anything to eat we have lived on hard tack and coffee for more than a week. some of the bread you put on the stove and there will be worms half an inch long crawl out. that is what makes the soldier fat. we once had some pork some and after it was cooked it stank so that we could not go near it. the Colonel ordered it to be buryed immediately [page 6] our Quarter Master has now bought some cattle and we will soon have a little beef. we were within a few miles of the great battle at Antetam could hear the guns quite plain. this morning we heard heavy fireing in the direction of Harpers Ferry it lasted about three hours. have not yet heard where or what it was we shall know to night most likely. I saw General George McClellan. he is a fine looking man and is a smart man to. there is not a soldier in the whole army but what speaks in the highest favor of him we are now under him and Burnsides. and [page 7] are now preparing to go into action before long we are drilled eight hours every day and have now got so that we drill tip top they are enlisting men now for the Regular Army they give men one Hundred Dollars bounty and forty days furlough to enlist there has been som in our regiment that have gone. I had rather stay where I am and come home when the war is over. give my love to Mother and write to me I dont care if it is no more than two or three lines I am not so far gone but a little good advice from my Father would do me some good. Direct the same as the piece of paper is From your most affectionate son Tom [page 8 -- blank] 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, October 16, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Soldiers--Conduct of life Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 McClellan, George B. -- (George Brinton), -- 1826-1885 Description An account of the resource Thomas Pimer writes to his father about marching, camp life, his thoughts on George MacClellan, and being near the Battle of Antietam. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/e97acdc18a32997f6a44a277646e0d86.pdf 04b5b5251495074215cb4c7fadd93326 Document A resource containing textual data. 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Penselvenie july 9th 1863 My Dear wife I think it tis hard for me not writing to you before this time but I have told gorge to let his folks let you know whare I was he left me the 7th he is gone to Boltimore I think to the hospital I am dituled as cook where the Regement is know I donth know but I think the are in Frederick Citey Mereyland all of the boys that was wounded is hear yet I mean in our regtment the our Division hospital is hire a little wayes from the battle field that is whare I am I am allong with the same steward that joseph Mccluskey youst to cook under and I will stick to it as long as I can for I have seen a nuff of soldgering I shall look out for my life for I have seen a nuff of deaths this last week to harden the hart of a stone I pass men by dead laying in tears farley Black in the face not buiried the smell is awful and then again there is some again whare the --- to put in a hole not covered the hole is [page 2] full of water and the bodeyes floating in it we had a rain storm yesterday all the poor fellows had to be moved as mutch as 1/2 mile in the rain or the would be drownded it tis the awfulest sight I ever have seen dead rebs and horses was mashed down the stream evrey thing you could think of I let drop for this time but I shall try and look our for myself as well as I can there has some of our company never has been in a fight inse the came out the have been detailed for other dutey so I shall try and play my points to for I have seen anuff of butchering I want to get home to you and my children once more as safe as I can It donth make know difference how I have to work I shall do it with the help of god I have know one in the regt that I case about know sinse gorge left me so you knee not worey so mutch about me but there is one thing I cannot get my letters untill we get hour hospital moved the will go to the regtment but you kneend not rite to me untill I rite to you again and then I can [page 3] tell you whare you can direct it it twill have to come to the division hospital it twill not have to go to the regtment so I want you to cheer up know I shall try and look out for my self and you must keep up good courage untill I tell I tell you whare to rite I have seen a nuff of the war I shall try and do the best I can for the futur god has spared in 3 battles but I hope I shall never get into enother one Il try any way you kneed not worey so mutch as you have done nor you must not tell any bodey what I have said in this letter keep it to your self I have not got a letter from you sinse you rote me from terefvill but I shall get them when I get settled the boyes they are getting allong pretty well with there wounds I mean our regement aney of them can walk the try and walk about six miles then the take the cars and the get to boltimore hospital of some other hospital there is plenty of citicens hear helping the boys [page 4] the fetch them wine and wine buiskits help first rate there is a pile of wounded rebs hear to has Margret herd from John yet Sam hoxims [i.e. Huxham] wife must feell Bad he was not out more than ten minutes when he was shot dead the fetch his bodey out of a wheat field and laid him on the road so as we could burey him so he had to be left their allong with the rest of them when the shells burst it twas the heveyest canoneding I ever hear hour company was sent out in the as skirmishers so we was 3 ---- ---- the shell burst from our battery whare we was laying --- fence rails and ---- ---- ---- before the --- kneed not --- the fight --- told him and --- when the come out skirmishing I must draw to a close for the meat is boiling know I live pretty well know but you must be of good cheer I am all rite From your loving husband give father my love and family Mr. hubard and family And kiss the children for me. William D Smith 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., July 9, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Gettysburg, Battle of (Pennsylvania : 1863) United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865) Description An account of the resource William Digby Smith writes to his wife of the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg and his separation from his regiment Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-07-09 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/2483c93efd4600016ac9b61c3c8962bc.pdf 4913c017235720669ac6f0f635ad78c9 Document A resource containing textual data. 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Penselvenie July 12th Sunday 1863 My Dear wife I send you these few lines to let you know I am well hoping this will find you and the children the same I am in the same place the are sending off all the wounded as fast as the can from hear Mr Hubbard I seen him thursday evning gorge he left hear before he got hear he told me you was well and children I walked some ways with him before he left he told me he had some tobaco for me in town and he would send it to me in the morning so I heint seen it sinse nor herd from him you kneed not rite to me untill I tell you for I donth know how long I will be hear but I will rite to you so you can tell me how many letters I rote to you this makes three I rote to sinse the battle whare the regement is know I cant tell but I think the are some plase in Mareyland when we lave hear we will have to take the cars to Baltimore then to frederick citey when we are going to lave I cannot tell but as [page 2 - blank] [page 3] soon as we leave I shall rite to you you must keep up good courage and I will try to look out for my self and familey the best way I can I have know knews particular to rite to you but I feel lonesome without gorge I guess you will see him prety soon for his father asked me if he could get home I told he could for there is so maney wounded about boltimore that our boys will get to New haven hospital the report hear yesterday that the had a nother fight with lee at South Mountain the govner of penselvenie was hear yesterday and he told us boys that when he left the ware drawn up in line of battle and he herd some heavey canoneding I am siting on a nold box Sunday morning riting you these few lines thinking how maney Sunday mornings that I could have Enjoyed myself but I did not think them days that the was my happey days but I have had my eyes opened sinse I left you if I am spared to get home [page 4] again I shall know how to prise a home but I hope I shall for I should like to be spared to Enjoy myself and you of seeing what comfort we could have had onley for that one thing but god has been good to us both so we got to trust in him for the futer hope on that is all we can do I should like to have a letter from you but the way I am know I cannot get them but as soon as I get to the first place that I can get a letter from you I shall rite I shall rite to you to tell you know how I am getting allong give my love to father and family tell him Margret has Margret herd from John yet I must draw to a close hoping this will find you and the children in good health good boy for the present kiss the children for me tell them to be good children for me No more at present from your loving Husband William D Smith our wounded boys are getting allong first rate I mean our redgement give me love to tom fliny and familey 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., July 12, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Gettysburg, Battle of (Pennsylvania : 1863) United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865) Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife about his circumstances a week after participating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-07-12 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/a2842f66143a5bf503bebb1b582b9aae.pdf 7b9e8ee6e480116950f61929a8e02e28 Document A resource containing textual data. 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document July 16th Penselvenie My Dear wife I send you thies few lines to let you know I am well thank god hoping this will find you and the same Children the same I am detailed as Hospital cook know with 5 more we have to work pretty hard but we live first rate it tis different from marching and I shall try and stick to it there is one fellow has not been with his regement for 13 months he is detailed in the same place I am i find some difference I can go to bead every night no drill no gard dutey to do nor no ecquipments to put on nor no picket duty to do I never lived so well in my live for eatetebles we have all kinds of jelley all kinds of teas chocolate Beef tea eggs milk condensed milk New potatetotes Beet turnips radish Beans we have evreything we want so you kneed not worey I wish you had some of the things the are so good it is not hardtack and salt pork and hard marching I donth know [page 2] whare the redgement is know all the Boys that was hear was sent to there regements except those that was detailed for cooks or nurses the head cook that is hear he is from ohio Joseph Macluskey youst to help him to cook he is a first rate fellow I happened first rate to get in with him it twas our old hospital Cook got me in he is hear detailed to he is from New haven he has Never done aney duty but cook sinse he enlisted it tis almost a year sinse I left home It tiss not long to look back but to look ahead for 2 years more it seems a lifetime but if I have to serve 2 years longer and cannot get a furlow I shall take one there has been 5 more from Middletown to see us douglas doctor white frisbey 2 more I cannot think of there names has gorge Hubard got home or does his folks know whare he is I want you to rite to me and let me know whare he is and how is is getting allong has Margret herd from [page 3] John yet or has father herd from bill Maitland sinse he left home how is David getting allong tell father if he gets the list of killed and wounded in the 14th to send it to me I know the list of wounded in nour company and killed mayor douglas told me he was going to take Sam Hoxoms body home there has Been an old lady hear this morning for her son he was dead when she got hear she came from ohio to see him she was a widdow woman she had onley the one son he was wounded and he died before she got hear it twas a hard sight to see her she was an irish woman two there is from 3 to 4 died evrey day the donth burey them in know coffins there is some of them has both legs cut of some has there right leg and arim cut off it tis awfull I donth go near them verey oftin I donth like to see them I have not mutch more knewse to rite to you but I am well [page 4] Hoping this will find you and the Children the same give my love to father and familey Mr Hubbard and family rite soon Direct your letter William D Smith 2nd Corps 3rd Div Hospital Near gettysburg care of Doctore Dwinelle let you get Mr Hubbard Direct it for you or father No more at present from your loving Husband William D Smith rite as soon as you can good boy send me a few postag stamps if you have got them I have got paper plenty good Boy 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., July 16, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Gettysburg, Battle of (Pennsylvania : 1863) United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865) Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife that he has been assigned to duty in the hospital and of the casualties among the Union forces from the Battle of Gettysburg. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-07-16 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/dd8afa3fb407a21da0315aafb179e7ce.pdf 054c78f80c65e57f62e41968df03e5a6 Document A resource containing textual data. 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Camp Tyler December 1th 1863 My dear wife I received your letter on the first and was glad to hear you and the children was well as this laves me at present thank god I was glad to hear you had sutch a good thanks given I had some bread and soup for dinner for my thanksgiven dinner I received a paper from father a friday it twas a pretty good one About the childrens likenesses I have got them but the are pretty well worin out Ellens and Marey Anns looks pretty well but Willies and Maggeys is pretty well wore out on the last march I had them in my breast pocket and the heat blistered them but I can tell them I bet I am in the same place yet the are sending them away evrey day I cannot tell how long it twill be the are sending them to Alexandra there has been some of them left this camp [page 2] A week ago and the got 4 months pay there is no use of sending for a descriptive list in this camp it tis not like a Convalesent camp it it twas I could have got mine before this time the boys has a pretty hard time of it know I seen one of the redgement hear to day he came from home he was on a furlow from alexandra he told me that there was 4 of company B boys in the camp whare he was I cannot tell the day I will be sent there you can tell david that leutenant Moor is leutenant cornell of the redgement know he is from New britain he will know him it tis a hard old redgement know I herd it tis allmost filled up again with conscripts but all the old boys sticks to themselves I have not herd from Gorge sinse I rote to you last the papers states that Mead has autgenereld lee again I hope god will give him strength [page 3] to do so and put an end to this cruel war you mentioned in your letter that the was around taking the names from 18 to 45 I hope the will send them all out and let them have a little of it it twill do them good I have nothing knew to rite to you but it tis pretty cold hear know I got me an old stove and made me a hole in the tent so there is 3 of the 14th Boys stops allong with me we keep pretty warm it tis not like the rest of the poor boys in fronth I can feel for them I cannot tell how long before it comes my turin but you cannot get to the redgement know for there is know comunications to the armey of the Potomac know I hope this winter will make some change on this war give my love to Margret and John David and Susan and familey how come John Pryor to get them ambrey types I shall let you know when [page 4] I lave hear so you must keep up good courage and not worrey how come gustis to get to stop in the hospitell well if he is luckey anough to stay there good for him there is know signes of a furllow when my time is out give my love to father and familey Mr Hubbard and familey and all Enquiring friends So good boy hills and Hollows Kiss the children for me From you Affectionate Husband William D Smith rite Soon 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., December 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 -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Manpower Draft Description An account of the resource William Smith writes to his wife about life in camp, photographs of the children, and returning to his regiment. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-12-01 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/800032d8255ebac836d084f0db8e91ad.pdf f58fc38b83aaa9af48c5712de0db973a 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Officers Hosp. Annapolis Md. Wed. Oct. 19th 1864 Dr Friends at Home I think of so many things I wish to say to you that while I have leisure I will write some of them. I wish to know all about house affairs from the moment I left until the present moment. Did Miranda + Mr. Edmund go up that Thurs. and did you ever return with Miranda and let the dishes stand. When did Aunt Sarah + Mr. Edmund return to Northeast. Has Lucys school begun. O and a hundred other little nothings. Who is going to get that pretty album and those really pretty lithographs that I got so angry at Uncle Louis about! Did your cash hold out to get home, girls? Mine did so much better than I expected that I must tell you about it. Perhaps you remember I told you what I had outside the even $100.00 would not take me through New York, but it did more took me clean through to Annapolis and was not quite gone there. Dont you think the pleasantest hours we had in B'port were those at Aunt Lucys? I do and the pleasant est hour that up in my little room, talking over prospects and the past and future. You dont know how bad I felt at the depot when I thought the train was coming and Fannie away. I felt bad enough to leave you at all, but I think I could not have gone without a sight of both your faces. I believe there were others on the platform when I left, but I recal none, can remember no faces but those 2 slightly tearful ones. I wonder if a few tears from my eyes would not have started those dumplings from my throat. I could have sobbed like a boy, but that would have done very little good and would not have been much to my credit anyway, so I swallowed grief and tears with election returns from Penn. etc. from Tribune [page 2] Have you ever heard from our groups yet? When they come will you not send me one in which I am capped. Dont let Charrie pay for any. For she more than paid me for her tickets, and now while I think of it wont you pay Fred Colemans blacksmith bill, less than a dollar, he told me I am sure but the exact amount he had forgotten and Jobel a little bill for fixing my boots which my hurried leave prevented me from paying. Pay and send the amount to me if you please and I will remit. Please write too if you get the invoice I subscribed for Mrs. J.S. Carliss this morning and you ought to get it this week sure. If not write to that office and I will advise Mr. Tribuno of his duty. I took the precaution to note the number, date and letter of the bill and date and place of the mailing, so I will give Mr. T. some particulars if he does not send on his paper soon. Lt. Chapin has left us for home. He got his discharge yesterday and I presume is nearly home now. (Thurs. morn 20th Oct.) I did not see him very much while he was here for he was in another ward, but I saw he did not wish to return to the regt. indeed he told me that none of the officers of the 2nd that had been here, wished to go back. He spoke harshly of Col. Mackenzie and of his treatment of the 2nd saying that he would much rather go back to his old regt. (the 15th C.V.) and be infantry sure. Did I ever tell you anything of Phil? He was private in the 15th C.V. until Burnsides battle of Fredericksburg, when for special bravery and daring he was promoted 2nd Lt. He told me that he was in no way responsible for what he did that day as he was so full of whiskey that he did not know anything he did, but I hope he overdrew this part of his story, for it seemed like he might have been brave without whiskey - much more to his credit. He is out of the service now and quite happy I think he looked so when I met him yesterday noon as I was going to dinner. He did not lean on his staff heavily at all and his face looked brighter than usual He went off without bidding me good by even, he was so excited and pleased [page 3] I was sorry about those vignettes of mine. For it did seem as though they might have been better. I think Mr. Eriksons taste in poses is not very correct. There was no necessity of my looking so gawky. For really I can be better looking than that. For I have been by other artists, however I do not care very much. I'll get some new pictures when I get promoted. I wish ma + Fanny, you would some time send me your cartes. I regret now that Ma could not have gome to N. Milford with me, and you girls to N. Britain but I could not see how it was to be done in the time of it, and it is just a little late now. Do you know I am afraid you did not see me in the best light, when I was home? I found everything so new and still so natural that I was confused a bit at first and then I wanted to be so very free and boyish that I fear I sometimes rather overdid the subject. But if you knew how I enjoyed every moment I spent in Conn. most especially those hours at home, you would easily forgive my follies. I can never enjoy anything more in this world than those little tete a tetes we used to have after the company was gone, and then Miss Strong was abed. But there are new names, new faces for me now, for a time. After breakfast, Phil did not go yesterday after all. I met him going to b'fast but he goes today, so I will have an opportunity to see him and bid him adieu. I have just come off from the wharf with Capt. Harding and Lieut. Dale We went down to see the paroled prisoners from Charleston via Fortress Monroe per steamer New York. A sad, sad sight. Officers looked comfortable generally but the poor boys were almost gone with starvation, some half dozen quite so. Some 40 of us go before the Board of Examination this morning, and I should not be surprised if some of us went out to reinforce "Sheridan Sheridan, Cavalry Sheridan" in a day or two. I would like to go if I could stand it there, but if it was just as convenient I would prefer some lighter duty for a few days, until I was a little stronger in body. My appetite is good now, not so voracious as when at home and I am [page 4] very regular in meals and hours and would soon be strong and healthy I hope if left here or put on light duty, but if sent to front I shall try to get well by the way, and it may be best so. I shall be satisfied any way, and shall never forget to thank God for the privilege I enjoy of seeing you all at home and so well whatever may befal me in the future. We all enjoyed it I think and will all pray that some day not far distant we may meet again for more than "forty (40) days" I am sure we shall meet, and I hope here in life, but if not it will be, I trust, in heaven and there will be no leaves of absence there to annoy us. Phil went off about 2 or 3 o'c and long ere this, is buzzing up toward home so now I am quite alone and should be very lonely if I could not write to you and the other Friends. I am trying hard to get my diary and correspondence up even, but it is no small job, and is far from completion yet. Friday morn. Still here, but without anything near to relate. We hear rumors of a fight up the Valley, and it is said Sheridan has defeated Longstreet but as yet it is only a rumor. Hope it's true. Lt. Dale, a new friend of ours of the 4th Va. Inf. 8th A Corps is going up to the army today. I wish I was able to go with him, but shall have to wait a few days. Dale is a splendid fellow and has seen a great deal of service under Grant, Sherman + Sheridan Was wouded and taken prisoner at Vicksburg and has since been in all the Valley battles under Crook, Hunter, + Sheridan, I got a months pay this morning and I will send you the note now to be applied on the note I gave you. It is better interest than I paid you, in fact is the best of anything but the five twenties Lou can get the coupons cashed in Litchfield I presume. Dont expect me to flood fore with money, probably I shall send for some soon but I would rather not break this bill, for I wish you to have it and the interest. Besides I have plenty of money yet. Horace. 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., October 19, 1864 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 writes to his family of his thoughts on returning from his leave at home, wanting to return to the front, and others in camp. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-10-19 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/cb9208dcf02228476bc99487d11b9509.pdf d04daf530b86ccf017617d923424ed7e 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Relay House, 9 miles S. of Balt. Sat. noon Nov. 5th 1864 Dr Ma + girls I am so far on my way to the regt - at last - I did not expect such delay, and in such out of the way places too, in going to the front, but I am learning patience if nothing else from the experiences of the past week. I recapitulate - 1st delay in getting transportation in Annapolis, and consequent delay in starting from there. 2nd Wrong transportation for you will perceive ere this that I ought not to have gone to Washington at all, but I have been sent by the N. route in the first place I was sent to Wn which caused 3d delays without number, in getting transportation, tickets and seat on a train, part of which is anticipatory, as I left myself at the "Home" in Wn - in my last - I wrote no. 7 from this "Home" and spoke confidently of going up to Martinsburg that (Thurs.) evening, too confidently as it turned out. For though I went early to the depot, and staid late, I could not get [page 2] even a ticket that evening, so after vainly trying to get away until near 10 o'c. p.m. and when the last train had gone, I took my luggage up to the Home and myself to Springmans Columbian Hotel (euphonious appellation for a small and rather neat little house near the Capitol on the Av.) where I found a decent bed which I occupied until morning, + slept well. I tried again in the morning to get off but saw it was no use - depot cars - street even more jammed with soldiers going home to vote, so as I was bound as it were - I concluded to enjoy it the best I could happy that it was no worse, so I went up to the San'y Com.n Home and wrote a letter and my diary, then went to the Capitol and roamed over it an hour and from there I took car for Smithsonian Institute where I spent the day. Found some new curiosities in the museum and a new picture + statuary room and library opened since I visited it last. I spent several hours very leisurely and also very pleasantly in the pretty library with its stained glass windows and good collection of current literature. Read some of Abbott's Napoleon whitewash, battles of Wagram and the island in the Rhine, also of the [page 3] divorce, which, like every other one I have known of seemed scandalous, villainous, altogether bad. Then I read some stray chapters of Bleak House which I found was quite new and interesting to me. I also read some in my little Bible that I commenced reading by course in Annapolis. How very interesting, by the way is Bible history, so clear and terse. I am more and more delighted with it the more I read it. I never fail to find new beauties in every chapter I read and every time I read. Great book indeed. At last it came to be time to close the library so I stopped reading and went out. Got a late dinner at 8 o'c and went over for a grand effort to get away from Wn by the 8.30 train. I got my ticket for Martinsburg without much trouble and felt much encouraged. But it was no use no use. I couldn't get away. Waited and tried patiently until 10 o'c then retired in good order to my sheer Springmans where I spent another night, and this brings me up to this morning. Got up in good season and went over to the depot not confident now but dogged and obstinate, with [page 4] my mind made up to try as hard as ever, but expecting to fail this day, as I had done before. Got down in time for the train, but it was full up, not a shadow of a chance on it, so I watched it glide away without any very decided emotions on the subject, but when I saw the next trains back in to the depot I made a flank movement by the right, and took it easy got the first seat in one of the best cars and at the important moment, when I usually retired quite downcast, I rode away triumphant I was not sorry to leave the shabby suburbs of Washington, and hoping to see them neatly built up and the Capitol completed when I came back, I left the City of Magnificent Distances, and at a pleasant speed came up to this place, a place of no particular size or importance, where I have to wait until 10 o'c this evening before I make another advance which will be in the direction of Harper's Ferry If nothing unfavorable occurs, I hope to be in Martinsburg to morrow morning. Farther than that I have little or no idea of time or space [page 5] no. 8 con. that intervenes between my goal and I. If I am successful in the prosecution of my journey, I will advise you of all the stages of its progress, but if you please I will not anticipate any more, but wait until each is concluded before I describe it. Do you not remember seeing in our illustrated trip on the Balt. + Ohio. R.R. in Harper's magazine 4 or 5 years since a very pretty cut of the Relay House? I remember it well and did the first time I was over the road, when the 19th C.V. came through 2 years ago, and I recall my disappointment when I first saw it. The picture of the building was correct so far as architectural outline is concerned, but it represented it as a neat pleasant place (at least it seemed to me) + I think, surrounded with shrubbery. All fancy! there is not a pleasant thing about it, (except temporarily to me, because it is not Washington) but on the contrary it is a mean, shabby, dirty depot on this dirty coal hauling, coal burning, coal built R.R. there is a little tavern [page 6] I will not honor it by the title hotel, and in that tavern there is a room - bare, hard coarse - but warm - and in that room, on an old antique, awkward, (+ unique so far as I know) musical instrument with 7 wooden legs, I am inditing this letter. It is the sitting room of the "Relay House", if you can ever stop here by any mischance, peep in and see the room and its furniture and pictures which besides the old instrument are as follows vix - portraits of Gen. Washington + the "Maltby House" Baltimore, each good in its ways. A very good map of Maryland, "My Maryland" Free Maryland, + a chest of the Ill. Central R.R. 3 or 4 chairs, a many legged couch and a remarkable piece of furniture it has been my lot to witness in use, half sofa, part settee part tete a tete and the rest casters, all covered with red velvet. I wonder if it is not a padein or a chefdover or the like? A queer place, but rather pleasant this chilly rain, gusty day. I love it a little already [page 7] No 8. con. I sent a confused lot of papers from Annapolis this evening before I left. The day before, I sent a letter without any no. on the corner of the envelope - directed to mother and enclosing a $100.00 Treasury note, that evening I enclosed all my old letters in No 6 envelope with a sheet to Fannie, but put it in the express bundle with the diary finally, and so wrote a supplementary no. 6, without the number however, and directed to Lucy and mailed. Have you received all these precious packets? If so, you will need this key to show their proper order, and if not you will wish to know the extent of your loss. In my hurry I forgot to correct my Letter list in the diary, so it must remain an unfinished work unless you will kindly consent to complete it for me. Lou will probably wonder why I was so diffuse in my favors. In explanation I would say that I took tim [sic] by the forelock and did up my transient writing there in Annapolis where I had leisure and the other facilities. Several of the letters were the first + last of their [page 8] respective series eg. those to Kellogg, Gen. Graham Flora S. +c. +c. Something had to be said in each case but one shell could contain all. I think, so far, you cannot complain that I had neglected you to write to aliens. For I have written more sheets than to all the rest, in fact I have no correspondence but you, nor do I desire any more. I asked Flora to write if she could find time, often writing to her father, brothers + female friends and as Young America puts it, I got the refusal of her, which being interpreted is she said that she couldn't, and as she is the only one that I really asked, I haven't much in that line to show for my 40 days leave. Flora is a good deal of a a woman. I cannot describe her as I saw her, but she was not the "Riss" of old by any means, though still retaining many of her ways, "little loving ways" I think is the expression I heard applied to something in the same way. I was very much surprised to find her so much matured, her words and I judge from them, her thoughts + ideas [page 9] are much in advance of those of the girls of her age that I have met, and still she is the dame retiring + modest little one she always has been since I have known her. When she is quite in earnest she talks almost if not quite brilliantly, and it was on the strength of some of her best talking that I asked her to write, but she saw threw what I saw the next week, that it wasn't best. When I fairly saw it in that light, I wrote half or more apologetically and that is the sum and substance of that cor- respondence. I wrote to Geo K. all apologetically, as I rather infamously neglected to even call on him, although he was very kind + attentive to me, for which he deserved my thanks, and having failed to give them verbally I wrote them, which explains that part of my correspdce Most of the other foreign letters were mere business notes, though that would not include 0the one to Eunice which if I do not forget, was rather of the hilarious order. She and Seymour + Datie deserved theirs for old acquaintance sake if for nothing else. [page 10] After a long period of sour, damp, rain weather it has first now (2 o'c p.m.) cleared off beautifully bright and breezy, and I hope it will remain pleasant tomorrow, for I shall probably have to spend the coming Sunday among entire strangers, and I shall feel happier to know that Providence is smiling than to see his frown on the sky, reflected by earth and water, and I alone, among those that are neither near + dear to me except as fellow mortals, which after all is but a weak tie unless reinforced by acquaintance. I hoped to have spent tomorrow with our boys, but it was otherwise arranged. I wonder if I shall find Homer or Austin or Minor or John at all. I fear they are all gone from the regt., but if they are so I hope it is only to go home or on some such pleasant journey. Miner of course is away, but I do not know where at all. I hope you will not forget to write to your boy now he is away, for receiving your letters is one of his chief joys. Yours, 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., November 5, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-11-05 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 writes to his mother and sisters about his attempts to rejoin his regiment, Washington D.C., the difficulty of taking trains, and his correspondents at home. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/72f011a5a69ab8babd5849619ef45005.pdf 86e55b73be9d84b1524c32b3cd57ae09 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Ward 10, Stanton Hospl., Wash'n, D.C. Sunday August 7h AD. 1864 Dear Friends at Home, I am still confined to my bed, having to lie on my left side, with my head in my left hand, "raised to the height of of my left fore arm", as Casey would have it. A dull place rather is a hospital and all the kindnesses and attention shown one, makes it all the more so. For there is no chance to rouse a little anger to find fault or scold one. 12 days here and all I have heard from my world was contained in Lucies letter of the 2d inst. I hope Fannie has not directed to the Corps for I doubt it would get there in month if ever. I wrote to Capt. Hosford the day before I wrote you per Atlantic but have no word from him on his Corps. We are not very full here now, though fuller than when I came. There are 35 beds in the Ward 13 of which are empty. Only one has died in it since I came, he was badly wound in the leg [page 2] Aug 15th Monday morn I am not gaining very fast, am quite confined to my bed, but hope to be out of it in a week. Since I wrote the 1st page I have received a letter from Frank and 1 from you at home both enclosing $20.00. Have heard from no one else. I would like F. to send me $20.00 more before the end of the month I dont believe he can hate so bad as I hate to send for it. But there seems to be no other way. O if I could get paid, even in part it would relieve both him and me, but there will not be any chance until our rolls are made out and that may not be this 2 months yet. Lucy will you get a large envelope very large] if possible and if not do up strongly in a bundle my Commission, Muster in Roll, Discriptive List and Order of Discharge and send to me I have not anything in my possession now to show that I am anything more than a private as Capt took my sabre + belt. If there are any blank "Final Statements" in that box send them in the package. This time I write lying flat on my back [page 3] Another thing Lucy - you are prone to be flowery in your directions. Of course you directed Frank's letter. It seems to me that that last line besides being quite superfluous is really dangerous as it might have sent the letter a wild goose chase after the Regt. I have seen just such instances. I would prefer that you always direct "Lieut. H. S. Curtiss" the rest as circumstances require. "A word to the wise +c." As soon as I get able I intend to inundate you with letters, besides writing to Frank, Alice + Theo, but I guess you have got enough of this and I shall return on none of those in the style. Write Fannie my address please. I cannot well My best love to you at home and my hearty respects to Mr Bassett who I like better every time you write of him -- I have had almost nothing but milk pass into my stomach in a week seems some like the time I had when Pa died, only I have very little pains now. I dont suppose I have slept 12 hours since I came here, but I guess that is no matter, for when sleep is necessary, it will come 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., August 7, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-07 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 -- Health aspects Soldiers -- Diseases -- United States -- History -- 19th century Description An account of the resource Homer Curtiss writes to his family about his continued stay in hospital in Washington, D.C. and the financial troubles that that is presenting. https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/6d0d678f26ff33b77290c2a2dd34599f.pdf 55bb641c103806d97e8886050fccb0b1 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 ALS Text Any textual data included in the document Hd Qs 3d Brigade Hardins Division Fort Baker June 16th 1865 Dear Lucy Yours of the 13th inst is just received, here in a new and strange land, and I hasten to acknowledge it, in a few lines of explanation of this our last move, with remarks on its probable effect for our immediate discharge from the service of the U. States. The first we heard of the change of our Regt. from Suf. to Actg. service, was yesterday morning, when an order was received from Brig. Hodges, which was as follows - in effect at least - if not in words. The following named Regts will repost without delay to Maj. Genl W.S. Hancock Comd'g Middle Military Division, for garrison dut, x x x x x 2d Conn. Vol. Heavy Artillery Co. H reported promptly, and at daylight this morning, we left our camp on Halls Hill near Balls Cross-roads, bade the dear old 2d Brigade 1st Division + 6th Corps and marched down past Fort Corcoran over the Acquaduct bridge through Georgetown and Penn. Av. over Navy Yard bridge up here say a couple of miles from the E. Branch over which the N. Yard bridge is thrown to Fort Baker where are the Hodges of the 3d Brigade Hardins Divn. Col. H. relieved M of Worcester of the 3d Mass. Arty and his regt the 3d. Arrangements were soon made by which Col. H. became Brigdr Comdr. Mr. Vaill AAAG. Huxley AAGW. Curtis A Prol. Office and we were counting on a glorious finale to our military career, when orders came down from Divn Hdqrs, directing the old staff officers to remain until officially relieved, which knocked us considerably, and we are now in a state of con- fusion equalled only by our dont careativeness - for we are going [page 2] home so soon it does not seem to matter except in a bit of pride grateful or ungratified as the case may be. We therefore wait definite orders, and just at this time rather expect an order to move out, and go to some other post. No one seems to care much for though we are beautifully situated, the most so we men have been, we have become so accustomed to moving that it has no terrors for us, and we go wherever ordered without careing for authority or utility. I do like field life better than garrison duty - always did - even in the good old fighting days gone by, how much more in these halcyon days of peace. I cannot way definitively at all, what effect this move will have for our discharges, but I have very little faith to believe that it will facilitate them at all. You speak of my "artful talk" in my 1st note, but it is by no means certain that we do not remain here or hereabout with the expiration of our term of service, in Sept. Though I hope we shall be back next week - back to Conn, of course I mean. Dont worry about it any way it will be but a few weeks at the longest, when, God willing, all of us will return to our houses, our friends and to civilization. Dont let Aggie go away until we return. For I have engaged her for the lake picnic if I mistake not? (N.B. Couldnt you include her in that limited list of eligibles?) I do not think there will be anything very grand after all, in our return to Conn, for there will be but a handful of us, to return, not more than 300 men at most 40 of which will be Conn officers, but we shall return with great gladness, even if our welcome is not a warm one. For we are all heartily sick of this life, and long for the fresh air and freedom of the hills of our England. [page 3] 8 o'c eve'g same day - Things are a bit settled before we retire to rest this evening. Col. Hubbard is to comd the Brigade retaining the old staff with the exception of Ord. Officer, who is relieved, and I occupy his desk, so you see I am just temporarily on Brig. Staff. I hope and trust for the first, last + only time, for it is not a place for one of my temperament and abilities to aspire to. Dont think I am now feeling anything more than usually smart. For indeed I am not very well pleased with my new place. You see I had just got all my returns for Regt property in a very good way, and hoped to get a certificate of non indebtedness from the Ord Office within a week, but now I am stuck again, in for more of that pleasant prospect usually designated Ord. + Ord. Stores and with no end of returns - fret and worritt - but no matter it cannot be for quite 2 months, and I will try to endure unto the end of this term. I am quite pleased with the pictures, especially the one you selected as the best, there can be no doubt as to its superiority, but some who have seen all like the others better. I think I shall have to get more of that particular picture for general distribution, as it is probably the last military photograph I shall ever have. Without any conceit at all dont you think this picture rather an improvement on that one I had take in Balt. in 1862 and sent to Seth? [page 4] I see you think I spend too much time in N. York but I declare to you I could not help it there, nor could I now if I was similarly situated. Flora is the pleasentest little girl of my acquaintance, and she so fascinated me that I have no doubt but what if she had asked me to stay in N. York until Sept. I should have done it, and felt happy in doing it too. Queer phenomenon, is it not? Tell John as soon as you see him to hurry up and return as I wish him to come to Hedges, and take care of my pony, which the boys nearly minced while I was home, by hard riding and no care. Cly's death seems very sad, but perhaps not more so than death always does when it comes so near to our own persons. I always loved Cly, but never felt acquainted with him at all. He never seemed like any other one of the family but like a wandering star or comet in our domestic firmament. He is gone from it now however, and we shall never look upon his nhghness again. So you continue to build chateaux d'Espaigne as highly as ever? When you build on a foundation of anything pertaining to soldiers you have a very unsubstantial foundation and your superstructure will almost invariably tipple over. I wish it were otherwise but am sorry to know that no dependence can be placed on soldiers stories. For tonight then I must stop. From what we hear this evening by order and sequal I think we shall not remain here very long, but I think we are pretty sure to stay at least one night in the fortification which is the dream of some. [page 5] Sat. morn'g June 17th It is morning and we are still at Fort Baker, happy and careless as ever. I hope we will move out of here for I dont like to be steved up in barracks when the great canopy furnishes so much better cover for sleeping under I reckon we will move out in a day or two sincerely hope so, and rejoin our old brigade. Bother the fortifications say I You do not mean to say that you really expect Ralph Sissie, and the little boys out in Conn. this year do you? I wish they might come but I can scarcely expect them I have the same guilty feeling that I did not go out to see Cly when I got my leave which you speak of in your letter. but I do not see now but what I did better than I should have done if I had gone to Waverly. For I should have had to hurry to get around on time, and then he would have been so sick that probably he would scarcely have any but his nurses very much. I hope we will all see him and Louis beyond the grave, when we shall meet under better auspices than here each understanding the other for better than it was possible to have done here. For the present then we bid him Good by Co. "H" is up 5 miles from here at Fort Mohan I think you will hear from Austin there Charles would hardly wish me to stay in the service after all I think, if he knew how little I made by it [page 6] But his like or dislike can scarcely alter my decision now. For I doubt if the matter of money would influence me by a grain. I have no idea what I can do to make my daily bread outside the army but I expect to get it in earning if I do not save it. I dont think he would really owe me a living, but I presume it will pay me that amount and charge the same to my account. New orders are out, changing the garrisons of the forts this materially altering the position of the Co in line as for example Co. "H" is moved from 5 miles left of here to the right of us some half mile. Great movements these, more fuss and stir than the movements of our whole corps made in the field. We now garrison 11 forts stretching over a front of some 8 or 9 miles. From East branch to opposite Alex. Va. the following are our forts from right to left Mahan, Meigs, Dupont, Davies, Baker, Wagner, Rickets, Stanton, Snyder, Carroll, Greble. "H" Co. is in Wagner, near by us here at Baker Hodges of Brigade and Regt. Baker garrison consists of Co. I or M comd by Capt. E.W. Marsh and so we go again. Oh the orders! orders by the cord or ton. No more to day Good morning Your brother Homer S. I enclose an excellent picture of Gen. Wright, also Gen Custar 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, 1865 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-16 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) Soldiers--Conduct of life Demobilization Description An account of the resource Homer Curtiss writes to his sister Lucy about his redeployment to Washington, D.C., his prospects for being released from service, and life at home.