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Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated January 7, 1865 through January 9, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses his hope for a discharge, family news, and the weather.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated August 14, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses Copperheads and his and Nan's future together.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated May 7, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses Baltimore, Md and his impending march to Washington, D.C.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated June 5, 1864. In this letter, Ewing describes skirmishes with the Confederate army, building forts, the accidental shooting of Alvin Hank's thumb, and wounds incurred in his company.
Letter from Andy Ewing and D. C. Cherington to Mack Ewing dated January 2, 1865. In this letter, they discuss the status of their regiment and family news.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated September 20, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses financial issues at home, building a fort, and General Philip Sheridan's victory in the Shenandoah Valley.
Letter from Charles F. Smith to his mother, dated January 16, 1862. In this letter, he discusses finances, "Fighting Dick" (Major General Israel Richardson), "Old Scot" (Winfield Scott), his opinion on the Union army, and deserters rejoining the ranks.
Washington, D.C.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated July 19, 1864. In this letter, Ewing describes his health and the weather.
City Point Hospital (Hopewell, Va.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated October 10, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses the status of his regiment, finances, draft substitutes, and family news.
Letter from Louisa Mathison to Elizabeth Jackson dated May 18, 1862. In the letter, Louisa provides an update on the well-being of her family and inquires about Elizabeth and her family. She primarily focuses on the whereabouts of Charles Jackson and the lack of communication that has been present since his enlistment.
Detroit (Mich.)
Letter from Sanford Douglass Payne to Elizabeth Jackson dated November 1, 1863. In the letter, Sanford updates Elizabeth of the status of her brother, Charles, who was wounded and being treated at Camp Nelson, KY. He also describes his love of being a soldier, the Union cause, and the end of the war.
Lenoir City (Tenn.), Kingston (Tenn.), Camp Nelson (Ky.), Hickman Bridge (Ky.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 15, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health and his location.
Alexandria (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister-in-law, Hattie Crane, dated July 10, 1861. In this letter, he discusses friends, the camp (including tents with floors), clothing supplies, the hospital staff, rations, entertainment, and writing to family.
Camp Winfield Scott (Yorktown, Va.), Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses Emory's health, finances, his father's health, and his girlfriend, Emma.
Washington, D.C.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated July 3, 1864. In this letter, Ewing describes his duties at City Point Hospital and the status of family and friends on the front.
City Point Hospital (Hopewell, Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, his relationship with his father, finances, food, his girlfriend, Emma, and the Emancipation Proclamation.
Upton Hill (Va.), Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated January 21, 1863. In this letter, he discusses visiting friends and finances.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated September 30, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the death of their brother, Emory Crane, the health of their father, and the status of his regiment.
Upton Hill (Va.), Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated September 29, 1864 through October 3, 1864. In this letter, Ewing tells the status of his regiment and his battle experiences.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated August 27, 1864 through August 28, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses hospital duties, family news, and rejoining his regiment after his stay at the hospital.
Fairfax Seminary Hospital (Alexandria, Va.)
Two letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated May 12, 1864 and May 14, 1864. In the letters, Ewing and Hank describe Baltimore, Md., Fredericksburg, Va. and seeing Confederate Prisoners of War marching to Washington, D.C.
Fredericksburg (Va.), Baltimore (Md.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated November 21, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses family news, Alvin Hank, religion and the weather.
Letter from Charles F. Smith dated July 28, 1861. In this letter he discusses skirmishes, drills, and his experiences at the Battle of Bull Run.
Washington, D.C.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated November 21, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the transfer of his infantry from the 3rd Army Corps to the 9th Army Corps, his opinions on McClellan and Burnside, and religion.
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 26, 1862. In this letter, he discusses Emory Crane's death.
Manasses (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated June 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his parents health, the family garden, and the Sabbath.
Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister-in-law, Hattie Crane, dated June 12, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his sister's health, the movements of his regiment, sightseeing around Washington, D.C., the camp, and camp life.
Washington, D.C.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated May 3, 1862. In this letter, he discusses Thaddeus S. C. Lowe's balloon, constructing a rifle pit, skirmishes, picket duty, and family news.
Yorktown (Va.), Camp Winfield Scott (Va.)
Letter from Alvin Hank to Mack Ewing dated March 3, 1864. In this letter, Hank describes being taken prisoner and life in a prison camp.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated November 10, 1864 through November 11, 1864. In this letter, Ewing tells of his concern for his wife and the upcoming birth of their child.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated November 23, 1861. In this letter, he discusses receiving letters from his sister, his thoughts on the war, a dress parade in front of General McClellan, and his brother's enlistment.
Camp Lyon (Va.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated January 11, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses family connections in Baltimore and Alvin Hank.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated February 19, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the progress and duration of the war, his childhood, and his family relationships.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated February 12, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses hospital chores, prayer meetings and the Sisters of Charity.
Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated February 22, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses being a parent, family news and postage fares.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated December 2, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his brother's enlistment, being in a review for General Samuel P. Heintzelman, looting a window, societal norms for women and letter writing, and news from home.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated September 9, 1864 through September 11, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses daily tasks and family news.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated September 1, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses family news and his desire for a furlough.
Letter from Andy Ewing to Nan Ewing dated December 13, 1864. In this letter, he describes the wounding of his brother, Mack Ewing.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated March 10, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, the mail, Copperheads, the Conscription Act of 1863, and emancipation.
Newport News (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 6, 1861. In this letter, he discusses leaving for Washington, D.C. and desiring letters.
Fort Wayne (Detroit, Mich.), Detroit (Mich.), Washington, D.C.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated August 23, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, supplies (including food and clothing), moving timber, family news.
Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated March 5, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, Quakers in the area, deserted Confederate homes, building roads, the movements of his division, and a captain in the the rebel army who used to be a neighbor.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Cutout portrait of Jefferson Davis with the poem "To arms! to arms, ye brave, The avenging sword unsheath. March on! march on! all hearts resolved. On victory or death."
Letter from Charles F. Smith to his brother, dated June 27, 1861. In this letter, he discusses writing his brother for the first time and the status of his regiment.
Washington, D.C.
Ledger kept at Quartermaster's Department in Detroit by Andrew J. Weston, a clerk and bookkeeper, during the Civil War. Contains items of clothing issued to members of Company G, Second Michigan Infantry.
Detroit (Mich.)
