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Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated May 15, 1861. In this letter, he tells him of his enlistment.
Cantonment Blair (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.), State Fair Ground (Detroit, Mich.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 1, 1861. In this letter, he discusses getting vaccinated, his opinions on the officers, soldier behavior, and religion.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 15, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the movements of his regiment, the residents of Illinois, his impressions of Louisiana swamps, and his thoughts on capturing Vicksburg.
Vicksburg (Miss.), Illinois, Louisiana
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father,William Crane, dated January 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses rations, diarrhea, his opinions on the war and General McClellan, religion, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the weather.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his his sister, Lura Huff, dated July 15, 1861. In this letter, he discusses skirmishes, pillaging food, touring Washington, D.C., and his thoughts on the war.
Camp Winfield Scott (Yorktown, Va.), Yorktown (Va.), Washington, D.C.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 29, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, food, finances, the weather, soldier life, religion, farming, and his girlfriend, Emma.
Whites Ford (Va.), Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Emory Crane to his brother and sister dated January 30, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, visiting family, "Camp Michigan", and family news.
Annapolis (Md.), Camp Michigan (Annapolis, Md.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated January 20, 1862. In this letter, he discusses camp life, the weather, the duration of the war, and his opinions on General Halleck and General Burnside.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 10, 1861. In this letter, he discusses touring Washington, D.C. and camp life.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated February 22, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, his opinions on McClellan and the war, finances, and slavery.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura, dated April 12, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the mail, sending a photograph, and the status of his regiment.
Lebanon (Ky.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated July 28, 1861. In this letter, he discusses finances, Bull Run, soldier life, family news, entertainment, his health, and the family farm.
Arlington Heights (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated December 31, 1861. In this letter, he discusses winter quarters, his brother, Emory, officers receiving promotions because of their prominent friends, the Trent Affair (Mason and Sidell), and his Colonel Poe.
Camp Michigan (Va.), England
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated December 2, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, his opinions on General Burnside, finances, and religion.
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated May 2, 1863. In this letter, he discusses finances, local civilians, and his desire for a furlough.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated August 22, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment.
Alexandria (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his brother, Emory Crane, dated April 17, 1862. In this letter, he describes the Siege of Yorktown.
Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated April 17, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the Siege of Yorktown and his views on slavery.
Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister-in-law, Hattie Crane, dated May 26, 1861. In this letter, he discusses being on a steamer, friends on the boat, Colonel Ellsworth's death, morale, receiving a Bible from the Bible Society, and family news.
Fort Wayne (Detroit, Mich.), Detroit (Mich.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated September 18, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, his opinions on the war, Michigan produce, and his girlfriend impending visit with family.
Washington, D.C., Michigan
Letter from Lorrison Taylor to William Crane dated July 16, 1863. In this letter, he tells of the death of Alphonso Crane.
Jackson (Miss.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated April 22, 1863. In this letter, he discusses his need for money to apply for a furlough.
Lebanon (Ky.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated January 11, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, winter quarters, food rations, religion, camp life, and the health of family members.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated May 11, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the Battle of Williamsburg, General Philip Kearny, helping wounded Confederate soldiers, seeing the dead after the battle, and his health.
West Point (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated July 23, 1861. In this letter, he discusses Blackburn's Ford, Bull Run, and family news.
Arlington Heights (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura, dated December 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, the Confederate army, his girlfriend, Emma, religion, and the status of friends on the front.
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents, dated June 1, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, nurse duty, his impressions of Yorktown, the birth of his niece, and finances.
Yorktown (Va.), Wheaton Hospital (Yorktown, Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated July 3, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the movements of his regiment, his time in Illinois and Indiana, and the health of their father.
Vicksburg (Miss.), Illinois, Indiana
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated November 13, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the change in leadership from McClellan to Burnside, his opinion on the war, the status of friends on the front, and religion.
Waterloo (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 27, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, religion, visiting Mt. Vernon, his impressions of Washington, D.C., family news, and a visit from Austin Blair.
Eagle Mountain (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated July 12, 1862. In this letter, he discusses moving the sick from Yorktown, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Rhode Island and his impressions of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth (R.I.), Wheaton Hospital (Portsmouth, R.I.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 22, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, finances, and religion.
Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated March 30, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, his impressions of Louisville, the camp, spies, and visiting Harpers Ferry.
Bardstown (Ky.), Louisville (Ky.), Harpers Ferry (Va.)
Letter from Hattie Crane to her in-laws dated September 17, 1862. In this letter, she discusses Emory Crane's health (including his bout with Typhoid Fever).
Hampton (Va.), Chesapeake Hospital (Va.)
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 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.)
Newspaper clipping of the poem "To the Thirteenth Infantry" written by Mrs. Kenyon. In pencil, it states: "read at the annual reunion of the 13th at Kalamazoo, Mich., October 1905.
Letter from Emory Crane to his father, William Crane, dated April 2, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health (including his father's visit to the "Indian doctor"), religion, the movements of his regiment, and visiting friends.
Camp Hamilton (Va.), Hampton (Va.)
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.
