1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/e7542a426f292c5505acd2197245a5b2.jpg b5cf3d280a360bb8330dbbab3b87281b https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/9853f9fd8f2e15a58853202a61cb615d.jpg 005d1c5a9139c9a23832e5f07ba8ac7a 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-17 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td></td> <td>William A. Leonard Gt, Barrington Mass. Co F. 16th Mass. Vols. Deep Bottom James River Aug. 17th /64 </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/1ab9b952537acfc87bc8a6b8dd5d4698.jpg 8283f197f6277e7e40131550a7ddd09b 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-07 1864-08-08 1864-08-10 1864-08-12 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td></td> <td>/64 Sunday. Aug. 7. Detailed to go in the Ambulance Train. they are about a mile + a half from Camp. Put up a Tent and are quite comfortable. Monday. Aug. 8. Mailed a letter home. went over to the Regt. Wednesday. Aug. 10. Station blew up at City Point. Adams Express Office demolished. Friday. Aug. 12. Mailed a litter home Ordered to pack up and be ready to move. Sargt. gave me an Ambulance to drive. Went to the Hospital and took a load of Sick + wounded to </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/5a003f5dfd1fa6fdb597d2d27e80edff.jpg a87fa13616c478c3c318b0b116f357c5 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/bca25efba5a0ba0b38f83bdd7deb6ac9.jpg 00ea2647d21d025b2a168f3157b3e29f 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-12 1864-08-13 1864-08-14 1864-08-15 1864-08-16 1864-08-17 1864-08-18 1864-08-19 1864-08-20 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>City Point. Hospital broke up. Marched from the Point till about half past three. towards the right of the line. Saturday Aug. 13. Joined the Heavy Train to night + Marched to Turkey Bend on the James River + Parked. Sunday Aug. 14. Have not moved to day day. Horses hooked up all day Monday Aug. 15. Moved into the Woods. Tuesday. Aug. 16. Mailed a letter and Dairy home mailed a letter to Aunt Lib. Detail of ten of us to cross the River. Parked on the other side till morning </td> <td>Wednesday Aug. 17. Went to the front all quite. Thursday Aug 18. Carried a sick man to the Hospital. Hevy musketry on the right. night. our Division crossing the River. Took the sick + wounded + crossed the river. Marching all night. Letter from home, one from A. C. Turner + C. Dinehart. Friday. Aug. 19. Parked in the Woods before Petersburg. Strecher-bearer gone to the front. Raining. Saturday. Aug. 20. Oiled my Harness to day. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/a02d9f7aa6b6d8ce73c6efc07adf487b.jpg ed277bc2c64e4c350fb443c85167dd25 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-21 1864-08-22 1864-08-24 1864-08-25 1864-08-26 1864-08-27 1864-08-28 1864-08-29 1864-08-30 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Sunday Aug. 21. Mailed a letter home. Heavy Cannonading on the Left. Monday. Aug. 22. Went to City Point to get my Wagon repared. Wednesday Aug. 24. Back to Camp. Mailed a letter to A.C.Turner. Thursday. Aug. 25. Two letters from home. Mailed one home + one to Mrs. H. Roys. Friday. Aug. 26. Hard fighting on the left yesterday. Rebs Charged the times. Only two Divis. of our Corps engaged, they broke our line the last Charge. our reinforcements </td> <td>not in time. Our Train went out there + took a lot of wounded to City Point Saturday Aug. 27. Back from City Point. washing Ambulances for Inspection to morrow. Sunday. Aug. 28. Inspection. Mailed a letter home. Monday. Aug. 29.On Picket, carried two Sick + one wounded men to the Hospital. Papers from F. Langsdorf. Mailed a letter to M. E. Hughes + a paper home. Letter from E.D. Humphrey. Tuesday. Aug. 30. Regt. gone into Fort Warren. Ambulance turned </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/7f0ee0de2f895104abacf2d3811879b6.jpg e41964d71ee9337818851a1e23821c59 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-30 1864-09-07 1864-09-08 1864-09-09 1864-09-10 1864-09-11 1864-09-12 1864-09-13 1864-09-14 1864-09-15 1864-09-17 1864-09-18 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>in. Out with the Strecher Bearers. Sept. 7. Received a letter from home. Sept. 8. Mailed a letter home Sargt. gave me an Ambulance drive. Friday. Sept. 9. Went to City Point with Sick. Loaded with Sanitary Stores for Hospital comeing back Saturday. Sept. 10. Our Brigade Captured the Rebel Picket last night. Sunday. Sept. 11. Mailed a letter to Nora. Reading Rev. Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey's Sermons + Lectures. like them very much. </td> <td>Monday Sept. 12. On Picket. Brought one wounded man to the Hospital to day. Tuesday Sept. 13. Carried a wounded man in to day. Pickets fireing all the while. Wednesday. Sept. 14. Releived. Carried a Man to City Point to be Embolmed to night Thursday. Sept. 15. Back from the Point. A letter from home. Saturday Sept 17. Building stable. Sunday. Sept. 18. Sick to day. Saw the Doctor, gave me some pills. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/05e9e4c9c0bd238879bee9240bb5379e.jpg ebec2846804bc6448fea110cd4f53f59 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-09-19 1864-09-20 1864-09-21 1864-09-26 1864-09-27 1864-09-28 1864-09-29 1864-09-30 1864-10-01 1864-10-03 1864-10-04 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Monday. Sept. 19. Went to the Hospital to night. Pain in Back. put a mustard plaster on it. feeling better. Tuesday. Sept. 20. Carried me to City Point Hospital to day. feeling better. Wednesday 21. on the gain Monday Sept. 26. Back to the Train. Paid $19.25. Went to City Point with sick, had a Chill on the road. Letter from home with Picture. Wrote a letter home and one to Mr. Walker while at the Hospital. Tuesday Sept. 27. Had a Chill to day Details come in for the Train </td> <td>Sent a letter home $5 in it. Wednesday Sept. 28. On Picket, had a Chill, came in, + went to the Hospital. Went to City Point Hospital to night. Thursday Sep. 29. Chill to day. Friday Sept. 30. No Chill to day, but a good deal fever. Saturday. Oct. 1. Feeling better to day have had no Chill. Mailed a letter home. Monday Oct. 3. Feeling quite well Tuesday. Oct. 4. Mailed a letter home. Doct. marked me Converlessant [Convalescent] </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/364f28b1639e3f66f871fc189e930d09.jpg b9d68ae42873d6a72a42130864413d06 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-10-05 1864-10-06 1864-10-07 1864-10-08 1864-10-12 1864-10-13 1864-10-14 1864-10-16 1864-10-17 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Wednesday Oct 5. Saw Sargt. Jones [Sergeant William Jones], are in the same Camp. will go back the first chance I get Thursday Oct. 6. First Divis. Train down, rode part way with them + walked the rest. Mailed a letter to A. C. T. Letter from home + one from M. J. Holmes. Had a new Pr. Pants Stolen from my knapsack at the Point. Letter from E. D. Humphrey. Friday. Oct. 7. Mailed a letter home Ferguson [Abram Ferguson] here to see me. Saturday. Oct. 8. Cold + windy. Mansur [Henry W. Mansir] went to the Point with a man to be Embalmed. </td> <td>Wednesday. Oct. 12. Mailed a letter home Mansur [Henry W. Mansir] Sick. Thursday. Oct. 13. Mansur [Henry W. Mansir] gone to the Hospital. Mailed a Letter to M. J. Holmes. Driving Mansur's [Henry W. Mansir] Team. Friday. Oct. 14. Mansur [Henry W. Mansir] is pretty sick. gave me his watch to keep. Sunday Oct. 16. Letter from Home. Inspection. Mailed a letter Home. Monday Oct. 17. Went to City Point to get my Ambulance repa- red. dinner at the Sanitary </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/440c3f072493fbef6dbd4e19d14f7689.jpg 124b3d2d1ab26d0519fd1e504894fe0a 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-10-19 1864-10-21 1864-10-22 1864-10-23 1864-10-24 1864-10-25 1864-10-26 1864-10-27 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Wednesday Oct. 19. Back to the Train. Letter from A. C. Turner. Brought a dead man up to the Artillery Brigade from this side of the Point, was killed by the negroes, in a row. Friday Oct. 21. On Picket at Fort Stevenson. Mailed a letter Home. Pleasant weather. Saturday Oct. 22. Mailed a letter to A. C. Turner. Cold + windy. Sunday Oct. 23. Releived from Picket Letter from Home. Monday. Oct. 24. Building Quarters. Division is Moveing. </td> <td>Tuesday. Oct. 25. Mailed a letter Home Seven days feed, for Horses. Wednesday Oct. 26. Moved this Afternoon down beyond the Yellow House where we Parked for the night. Paper from Home. Thursday Oct. 27. Marched this morning at day light. met the Enemy drove them out of some rifle pitts. Division eng- aged to day, hard fighting. Ambulances under fire, most surrounded in an open field. only one Am- bulance hit. Stoped on the field after the Train had gone, to gather the wounded together. Driving </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/cfa392951698001cf762047f011cd105.jpg a2404745e2e429409a00e1dc4da3985f 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-10-27 1864-10-28 1864-10-30 1864-10-31 1864-11-01 1864-11-02 1864-11-05 1864-11-06 1864-11-07 1864-11-08 1864-11-09 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>all night, reached the Hospital inside our lines about noon. Carted wou- nded to the Cars till night and then went back to our old Camp in front of Petersburg. Friday Oct. 28. Letter from Home. Sunday Oct. 30. On Picket at Fort Stevenson. Monday, Oct. 31. Brigade moved to the Right near Fort Morton. Tuesday, Nov. 1. Releived. Wrote a letter home. Wednesday. Nov. 2. Raining. </td> <td>Saturday, Nov. 5. Mailed a letter to F. S. Turner Sunday, Nov. 6. Rebels made a Charge + were Repulsed. Mailed a letter Home Monday, Nov. 7. On Picket. went to City Point with a man that had the Small Pox. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Came back from the Point. Flag of Truce in, 17 Rebe dead carried to their lines by our Strecher bearers. were killed in the Charge. Letter from Home. Wednesday Nov. 9. Releived. Paper from A. C. Turner. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/433733f96fefb579ee0c7d83f1943bbb.jpg 0e98774ea90a1587056bb6b1249ecf23 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-11-10 1864-11-11 1864-11-12 1864-11-13 1864-11-14 1864-11-18 1864-11-19 1864-11-20 1864-11-21 1864-11-22 1864-11-24 1864-11-25 1864-11-26 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Thursday, Nov. 10. Went to City Point with sick + Wounded. Friday. Nov. 11. Mailed a letter Home. Saturday Nov. 12. Cleaning up for Inspection. Orders to be ready to move at a moment, notice. Sunday, Nov. 13. Inspection. Monday, Nov. 14 Mailed a letter to E. D. Humphrey. Putting up Brush in front of Stables. Friday, Nov. 18. Mailed a letter Home. Orders to be ready to move with eight days rations. Train gone to the </td> <td>Station with the Sick. Saturday. Nov. 19. Rainy. not moved yet Sunday, Nov. 20. Still Raining Paper from Home. Monday, Nov. 21. Letter from Home. Tuesday, Nov. 22. Mailed a Letter Home Thursday, Nov. 24. Thanksgiving to day Pleasant. Rost Chicken for dinner Friday, Nov. 25. Letter from F. S. Turner. Saturday, Nov. 26. Mailed a letter to A. C. T. + one to F. S. T. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/ff252549246be4718075872e0bc896d9.jpg d3b7108e19c54fc22556c98eeac0dc05 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-11-27 1864-11-28 1864-12-15 1864-12-16 1864-12-17 1864-12-18 1864-12-19 1864-12-20 1864-12-22 1864-12-23 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Sunday, Nov. 27. Mailed a Paper Home. Inspection of the Corps Train. Monday, Nov. 28. Took my Ambulance to City Point for repares, left it there. Dec. Thursday 15. Have neglected to write in my diary for a number of weeks. Have moved to the Left near Patrick Station. Our Divis. + the 5th Corps have been on a raid, tore up about twenty miles of the Weldon Rail Road. went to City Point + back to day for our Ambulances, were there for repares. </td> <td>Friday. Dec. 16. Cleaning Camp. Drew a Pr. of Boots. Letter from Home, Grandmother very low Saturday, Dec. 17. Washing Ambulance + soaping Harness, for Insp- ection. Mailed a letter Home Sunday, Dec. 18. Went to Brigade Head Quarters to night with an Officers things. Letter from A. C. Turner. Monday. Dec. 19. Drew Oil for Harness Tuesday Dec. 20. Oiling Harness. Thursday. Dec. 22. Mailed a letter to A. C. T. Friday Dec. 23. Mailed a letter Home. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/81b6fd1ecc41b9ee5981e9f272156fa9.jpg 25202f0ebf9b40f496affb48a5be45ef 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-12-24 1864-12-25 1864-12-29 1864-12-30 1865-01-02 1865-01-03 1865-01-07 1865-01-10 1865-01-14 1865-01-15 1865-01-16 1865-01-18 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Saturday Dec. 24. Cleaning up for Inspe- ction. Went up to the Brigade. Manuel returned, been home. Sunday Dec. 25. Christmas. Birth day, twenty two. Inspection went to the Brigade after sick. Thursday Dec. 29 Letter from Home. Have to excersize the Horses every day. Friday Dec. 30. Mailed a letter Home Monday 1865 Jan. 2. Mailed a letter Home. Received one from Home. box on the way here. </td> <td>Tuesday Jan. 3. Snowing to night. Saturday. Jan 7. Mailed a letter Home. Tuesday. Jan. 10. Raining all day. Mailed a letter to M. E. Hughes Saturday Jan. 14. Received my Box from Home to day. Sunday Jan. 15 Mailed a letter to Nora Monday Jan. 16. Mailed a letter to F. S. Turner. Jan. 18. Received a letter from A. C. Turner, Infor- ming me of the Death of my Dear Grandmother. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/ffc68f6dbce70265d3f91a38eda001af.jpg 3207062f6671f0b5a037b45c212b309f 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-01-19 1865-01-21 1865-01-22 1865-01-30 1865-02-01 1865-02-02 1865-02-03 1865-02-05 1865-02-06 1865-02-10 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Jan. 19. Mailed a letter Home, + one to H. [Mc?]. Neal Saturday, Jan. 21. Raining all day, Orders for Roll Call. Sunday. Jan. 22. Mailed a letter Home Monday Jan. 30. Received a letter from F. S. Turner. Mailed a letter Home. Wednesday. Feb. 1. Packed up in the night to move. Thursday Feb. 2. Mailed a letter to F. S. Turner. Have not moved Friday Feb. 3. Received a letter from Home, + a Bundle of Papers from, F. Langsdorf </td> <td>Mailed a letter Home. Letter from E. D. Humphrey. Sunday Feb. 5. Moved this morning to the left near Hatcher run. drove in their pickets Reb's Charged our Brigade three times + were repulsed every time. 8th New Jersey lost heavey. Taking wounded to the Hospital to night. Monday Feb. 6. Cold + rainy to day. 5th Corps engaded. Friday Feb. 10. Back to Camp. they have lengthed the lines. Troops have to build new Quarters. Mailed a letter Home. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/c077152abdb5ec7fa4a1a76e41de5a98.jpg 0e238e0b48f4a48b65326eba583a35ed 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-02-12 1865-02-13 1865-02-14 1865-02-15 1865-02-16 1865-02-17 1865-02-18 1865-02-21 1865-02-22 1865-02-23 1865-02-25 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Sunday Feb. 12. On Picket Monday Feb. 13. Releived. Tuesday Feb. 14. Letter from Home. one from Lizzie Hughes Mailed a letter Home. Feb. 15 Wednesday. Mailed a letter to M. J. Holmes + a paper Home Thursday Feb. 16 Mailed a letter to M. E. Hughes. raining here to day. Friday Feb. 17. Mailed a letter to E. D. Humphrey. </td> <td>Saturday Feb. 18. Received a letter from F. S. Turner. Mailed a letter to him Tuesday Feb.21. Went to the 37th Mass. + 2d Conn. Pay Master arrived. Charleston evacuated Wednesday Feb. 22. Mailed a letter Home. $10 enclosed. Thursday Feb. 23. Letter + paper from Home went to Meeting to night. Saturday Feb. 25. Mailed a letter Home $10 enclosed. Raining. the fall of Fort Anderson in the Papers to day </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/d20f0d10d93f96af54bdefa615e329f6.jpg 419c24b07d745f75aa2eac33913fc6cb 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-02-26 1865-02-28 1865-03-01 1865-03-02 1865-03-07 1865-03-08 1865-03-10 1865-03-12 1865-03-14 1865-03-15 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Sunday Feb. 26. Mailed a letter + paper Home. went to Meeting to night. Tuesday Feb. 28 went to meeting Books to read from the Hospital Liabrary. Wednesday Mar. 1. Went to meeting. Sent to E. + H T Anthony + Co. for Photograph Alb- rum Thursday Mar 2. Mailed a letter to A. C. Turner. raining. Tuesday Mar 7. Mailed a letter to Nora. Washing Harness </td> <td>Wednesday Mar 8. Mailed a letter Home $10 enclosed Friday Mar 10. Letter from Home went up to the Brigade Letter from M. J. Holmes Potograph Album come. Sunday Mar. 12. Homer Williams came to hospital Sick Tuesday Mar. 14. Mailed a letter Home with Ambrotype in. one to F. S. Turner + one to M. J. Holmes with Ambrotypes enclosed. Inspection. Wednesday Mar. 15. mailed a letter home $10 enclosed. Orders to move </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/46616cebd4dbe2dec9caa76679299aa7.jpg b8ccd470d0267293dc462f24f3d1df3f 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-03-15 1865-03-17 1865-03-19 1865-03-20 1865-03-21 1865-03-22 1865-03-25 1865-03-26 1865-03-27 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Breaking up Hospital. Mar. 17 Friday. Sutlers ordered to leave the Army. Sunday Mar 19. Corps Inspection. Letter from Home. Mailed a letter Home. Pleasant. Monday Mar. 20. Mailed a letter to F. Langsdorf. Went up to the Brigade. Very warm Tuesday Mar. 21. Mailed a letter to M. E. Hughes. Wednesday Mar. 22. Mailed a letter to E. D. Humphrey. very hard wind to day, blew large trees down, took one large pine up by the roots </td> <td>close by my Tent and smashed one of the Sarg- ents tents down. Troops Revewed to day. Rebels deserting very fast. Saturday Mar 25. Fighting to day all along the line. Over Divis. Engaged a good many Wounded. 120 N. Y. lost a good many. Carting wounded Sunday Mar. 26. On Picket. took two wounded men to Hospital + two dead Bodies. Monday Mar. 27. Mailed a letter Home. Received a letter from home. Taking to Hosp. Sheridan [Philip Henry Sheridan] here with </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/1768f68f2591618153852ed762e32bdd.jpg 2bd0711634ca1a532b085db9100f3cce 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-03-27 1865-03-28 1865-03-29 1865-03-30 1865-03-31 1865-04-01 1865-04-02 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>his Cavalry. Tuesday Mar. 28. Orders to be ready to move. Releived. Wednesday. Mar. 29. Broke Camp. This morning + went to Humph- reys Station. Parked. Four Ambulances gone with the Brigade. Mailed a letter Home. Ambulance full of Sick. Made my bed under the wagon to night. waked up in the morning it was raining + the water was running in onto me, into my Boots, Blankets all wet I am all wet + mud </td> <td>Thursday Mar. 30. Raining to day. Saw About a hundred + fifty Prisoners over at the Station. The 5th Corp engaded to day. Friday Mar 31. My Division engaged to day, went to the front after wounded. Fighting all along the line. Saturday Apr. 1. went to the front. mailed a letter Home. Sunday Apr. 2. The 8th New Jersy [New Jersey] Charged the Rebel Picket line. Carting wounded. The 6th Corps broke their lines near Petersburg + were coming down on their flank. They had to leave </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/724ecdb61d4fdbc35491d04137d098aa.jpg aaeae7c6bea022c5a0c359cd120f63a0 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-04-02 1865-04-03 1865-04-04 1865-04-05 1865-04-06 1865-04-07 1865-04-08 1865-04-09 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>their works. Our Corps in the rear of Petersburg. Monday Apr. 3. Rebs left the City last night. Am in W Warren Station with wounded went back. the troops gone in pursuit of Lee. Marched till eleven oclock at night + Parked. Richmond ours. Tuesday Apr. 4. On the March to day troops a good way ahead of us. The 9th Corps with the Trains. Wednesday Apr. 5. Marching all day Bringing Prisoners to the rear Found three of our men hung on the road by Guerrillas </td> <td>Thursday Apr. 6. Marching all day passed through Ottaway [Nottoway, VA] Court House. Heavy Cannonading at the front. Friday Apr. 7. Halted at Burkesville [Burkeville, VA] about noon. Sheridan [Philip Henry Sheridan] + our troops Captured Euwells [Richard S. Ewell] Corps. a large wagon Train Saturday Apr. 8. Marched to day. passed through Farmesville [Farmville, VA]. Rebs Retreating. Sunday Apr. 9. Marching to day. Reac- hed the front this afternoon Gen. Lee [Robert E. Lee] has Surrendered to Gen. Grant [Ulysses S. Grant]. fireing salutes, Cheering, Bands playing every one rejoiceing. </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/0c2f647a4d5fa2d677fd613c34225e6a.jpg ed46859c3fb1c21d49f878696862b685 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/afa94a70cd0df12287d5b60c29f1ea84.jpg f3aefc4f4dda03b4a8c87ba8f3b7688b 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-04-10 1865-04-11 1865-04-12 1865-04-13 1865-04-14 1865-04-15 1865-04-16 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Monday Apr. 10. Mailed a letter Home. Started for Burkesville [Burkeville, VA] junction, with Sick + wounded. Marched till about eleven oclock at night. Tuesday Apr. 11. Marched all day Passed through Farmsville [Farmville, VA] Parked for the night. Roads very bad. a number died on the Road. Wednesday Apr. 12. Marched to Bur- Kesville [Burkeville, VA]. Cars running up here. Parked with the Heavy train Mailed a letter home. </td> <td>Thursday Apr 13. Mailed a letter to A. C. Turner. Out Forageing for Horses. Corps laying two miles from here Friday Apr 14. Received a letter from A. C. T. + M. E. H. moved up to the Corps + Parked. Saturday Apr. 15. Mailed a letter Home + one to E. D. H. Sunday Apr. 16. Rumored the President is shot. Mailed a letter home. Received a letter from Home. It is confermed about the President [Abraham Lincoln] being </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b5297bfc34ce6f2889a5d27e2eb4a3cd.jpg 27bf2f9192381cd0280d52a294710b44 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-04-16 1865-04-17 1865-04-18 1865-04-20 1865-04-21 1865-04-24 1865-04-25 1865-04-26 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Shot, was shot by a man by the name of Booth [John Wilkes Booth] Monday Apr. 17. Oout forageing. Mailed a letter to M. E. Hughes. Tuesday Apr. 18. Fireing minute guns for the President [Abraham Lincoln] Mailed a letter to W. W. Walker. Thursday Apr 20. mailed a letter to M. J. Holmes Friday Apr. 21. Got an old Hand Car + went up to Rice Station. Distance seven miles </td> <td>1865 Monday Apr. 24. Received a letter from F. S.Turner. Fixing up Camp. Tuesday Apr 25 Moving Camp and Washing Ambulances. Fireing a cannon every half hour all day. 13 guns this morning + 32 at night for the death of abram Lincoln [Abraham Lincoln] President of the U.S. who was shot by a man by the name of Booth [John Wilkes Booth] Monday Apr. 26. Mailed a letter to F. S. Turner. Paper from home </td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/5c471347ab4b9b0230853d5e20667555.jpg acb958ef162b48c46d1a6d798129bb56 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-04-28 1865-04-29 1865-04-30 PDF Text Text <table><tr><th>Left Page</th> <th>Right Page</th> </tr><tr><td>Friday Apr. 28 Mailed a letter home. News of the surrender of Johnson [Joseph E. Johnston]. Saturday Apr 29 Received a letter from home. Mailed one home. Washing harness for inspection Sunday Apr 30 Went to Farmville and got Rebel wounded and took them to the junction. Letter from M J Holmes with picture enclosed </td> <td></td> </tr></table> https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/8790bdb1af3be17f4c1ea0bdd81d812a.jpg 0aa8eedef1b46666e62173d4605b542a https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4865c83010d0ca4777d58f195906e2f7.jpg ef1058fb5af50e1936bcd5921aee3dd6 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 A. Leonard Papers, 1864-1865 (Ms2011-106) Subject The topic of the resource Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Civil War Petersburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Description An account of the resource The collection includes William A. Leonard's letters home from February-July 1865, as well as his diary from August 1864-April 1865. Leonard served as an ambulance driver in and around the siege at Petersburg, which is the focus of his short diary entries. His early letters focus on war news and rumors, daily life, and news from home. Letters following Lee's surrender emphasize Leonard's experiences while stationed around Washington, DC, daily life (including the growing frustrations of soldiers wanting to get home) and his complaint's about the rumors and delays of his regiment's discharge and payment. All the letters in this collection were written home to Leonard's parents, usually his mother. He continually reassures her not to worry about him, requests various things from home (especially stamps), and talks about his daily life. He frequently writes about plans for when he gets home. Leonard's religious sentiments also recur throughout his correspondence. He also includes war news and who he has seen, though he reveals his priorities and lack of interest in being a soldier, saying in March 1865: "we have got a good man to steer the machine, that fellow they call U. S. Grant. Sheridan & Sherman are giving them fits. I have seen Grant & Mede a number of times this summer I had a great deal rather see you + Pa. I dont want to see Nora because she wanted me to go soldiering" Although battle descriptions are not necessarily the focus of Leonard's letters, his 1864 correspondence contains details of being fired upon a Petersburg, of picket duty, and later, of transporting injured men. In June 1865, he writes several letters detailing the sight of unburied dead men and horses and the sound of fighting from the front at Petersburg. In May 1865, he writes of the incompetence of the doctors: "The Doctors here dont have any thing fit to give any one and the bigest of them dont know how to doctor a hen anyway. They take the wounded men legs and arms off half the time. when there is no need of it, do it practice there has been a number of times I have heard of that...The Doct of the Regt was a clerk in an apothecary shop..." Leonard's diary begins in August 1864, apparently when he was appointed to drive an ambulance. His entries are short and refer mostly to his daily activities: who or what he was conveying to and from the hospital at City Point outside Petersburg; what letters he sent or received; war news; or when he attended religious meetings. Shortly before the diary ends in April 1865, he notes the firing of guns and cannons "for the death of abram Lincoln President of the U.S. who was shot by a man by the name of Booth." He refers to the death of Lincoln and its effect on the soldiers in several letters, as well. Leonard's own correspondence suggests he kept a previous diary--in August 1864, he inquires if his mother has received the one he sent home--but it is unknown if this diary still exists. William A. Leonard was born about 1843 to Joel A. (b.1817) and Sophia Leonard (1816-d. before 1880). His parents were both natives of Vermont who moved to Massachusetts. William and his two sisters, Leonora (b. abt. 1852; and who William calls "Nora" in his letters and is later listed as "Mary" in a least one set of census records) and Roselia (b. abt. 1859) were all born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County. It is unknown what line of work William Leonard was in prior to the war, though he was living at home with his family. He was drafted into service in July 1863 for a three year term with Company F, 16th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. In mid-July 1864, the 16th Infantry mustered out. Existing veterans and recruits, Leonard included, were transferred to the 11th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. From at least August of 1864 until Lee's surrender, Leonard served as an ambulance driver, transporting wounded from battlefield to hospital. His unit spent nearly a year in and around Petersburg. While stationed outside Washington, DC, waiting to muster out, Leonard also drove civilians in and around the city. He particularly makes mention of taking family members to hospitals to get news of soldiers. Leonard returned home to Great Barrington in July 1865. In 1880, he was living at home with his father, Leonora and her husband, and Leonora's brother-in-law. At the time, he was employed at a woolen mill. In 1894, he purchased a plumbing and steam fitting business from a former employer. Later census records suggest he was married to a woman named Hattie (probably Henrietta; b. abt. 1863), but it is unknown when. They had daughter, Nellie, in June 1897. Sources: Ancestry.com Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service. The Metal Worker, vol. XLI, January to June 1894. New York: David Williams, 1894. Via Google Books, November 2011. Abstract A summary of the resource. The collection includes William A. Leonard's letters home from February-July 1865, as well as his diary from August 1864-April 1865. Leonard served as an ambulance driver in and around the siege at Petersburg, which is the focus of his short diary entries. His early letters focus on war news and rumors, daily life, and news from home. Post-surrender letters emphasize Leonard's experiences while stationed around Washington, DC, daily life (including the growing frustrations of soldiers wanting to get home) and his complaint's about the rumors and delays of his regiment's discharge. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leonard, William A., b. abt. 1843 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00953.xml">See the Finding Aid for the William A. Leonard Papers</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864/1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the William A. Leonard Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2011-106 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: William A. Leonard Papers, Ms2011-106, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections, Virginia Tech</a> Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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 Diary, William Leonard, August 17, 1864 to April 30, 1865 (Ms2011-106) Subject The topic of the resource Civil War Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: William A. Leonard Papers, Ms2011-106, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Description An account of the resource Leonard's diary begins in August 1864, apparently when he was appointed to drive an ambulance. His entries are short and refer mostly to his daily activities: who or what he was conveying to and from the hospital at City Point outside Petersburg; what letters he sent or received; war news; or when he attended religious meetings. Shortly before the diary ends in April 1865, he notes the firing of guns and cannons "for the death of abram Lincoln President of the U.S. who was shot by a man by the name of Booth." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00953.xml">See the Finding Aid for the William A. Leonard Papers</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-17/1865-04-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the William A. Leonard Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leonard, William A., b. abt. 1843 Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections, Virginia Tech</a> Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F4_Diary_1864-1865