Civil War

Corporal in the 76th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company B, during the Civil War. Letter from Fisher written January 2, 1865, to his cousin Nancy Jane Cozard of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Writes about an expedition to South Carolina his regiment made by sea where all the men had lice.

The collection connsists of a single letter written by George W. Fitzinger to his cousin, James Barclay, on August 29, 1861.

This collections contains papers relating to Charles Folsom who served as a Quartermaster with the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry in the latter years of the American Civil War.

Letter from R. H. Ford to his son, Willie. The letter dates from September 3, 1862 and originates from Knoxville.

Letter written December 26, 1863, from a Union soldier in the Civil War to his brother about his efforts to pass the time, and the bounty and furlough promised to those who reenlist.

Letter from Jack Foster, former slave and body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry, to Confederate General John McCausland, reminiscing about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and his time in camp service.

United States Senator (1855-1867) from Connecticut. Letter written by Foster on June 9, 1862, from his Senate Chambers in Washington, D.C., to Fitz-John Porter (1822-1901), commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Foster congratulates Porter on his successes during skirmishes with the Confederate Army at Hanover Court House and Ashland, Virginia, the month before. Transcript available.

The collection includes a single letter from Lewis M. Foster to his mother, written near Petersburg, Virginia, December 1864.

Union soldier in the Civil War, writing August 17, 1864, from Louisville, Kentucky, to a friend. Describes conditions at the Confederate prison in Danville, Virginia, where he was recently held as a prisoner of war. Notes the behavior of the guards and the quality of the food.