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1211.
Letter written by Henry W. Hart (Selma, Alabama) to his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Black Hart. Hart enlisted in the 2nd Connecticut Light Battery, in that same year, serving in the Union Army until his battery was mustered out August 9, 1865 and he was discharged August 10, 1865. He comments on such aspects of daily life in the army as food shortages, lack of pay, disease, various battles, and interest in religion - May 9, 1865 (typescript)

Creator:
Hart, Henry W.
Date:
May 9, 1865
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1216.
Diary consisting of Letters, written by John W. English, a First Sergeant in the Veteran Reserve Corps, while convalescing in a hospital at Evansville, Indiana, to his wife, Susan (St. Johns, Ohio). The diary extends from April 1864 through his discharge in October of that year. He speaks of the social activities in and around the camp, war news, general morale conditions, and the practice of "Trafficing in Negroes." There is an introduction to the diary by the author's granddaughter, Ercel B. (English) Johoske (typescript)

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English, John W. and Johoske, Ercel B. (English)
Date:
1864
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Text
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