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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life 1 1 Browse Search
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ecame clear, or even tolerably clear, that the army was likely to make pause in one place for at least two or three weeks, straightway the average soldier mailed a letter home to mother, father, wife, sister, or brother, setting forth in careful detail what he should like to have sent in a box at the earliest possible moment, and stating with great precision the address that must be put on the cover, in order to have it reach its destination safely. Here is a specimen address:-- Sergeant John J. Smith, Company A., 19th Mass. Regiment, Second brigade, Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, Stevensburg, Va. Care Capt. James Brown. As a matter of fact much of this address was unnecessary, and the box would have arrived just as soon and safely if the address had only included the name, company, and regiment, with Washington, D. C., added, for everything was forwarded from that city to army headquarters, and thence distributed through the army. But the average sold
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appendix. (search)
Second Lieut., W. Roane Ruffin. First Sergt., James C. Otey. Sec'd Sergt, D. M. D. Smithson. Third Sergt., Ed. J. Duffield. Fourth Sergt., Wm. A. Ballard. Fifth Sergt., Christopher C. Boyd Fifth Sergt., James L. Wood. Corporal, John J. Smith. Corporal, Joseph Cohn. Corporal, John R. Daniel. Corporal, Wm. W. Omohundro. Privates Alvis, G. E. Allen, William. Brooks, Custis. Bryant, John J. Childress, William T. Callahan, John. Davidson, Ellis C. Charles R. Phelps, Joseph E. Padgett, Callohill C. Padgett, R. B. F. Pribble, Frank C. Parson, John R. Roberts, Richard. Reynold, John J., Jr. Rourke, William O. Stewart, Warren A. Stanley, Henry. Seay, Peter. Smith, John J. Thomas, W. T. Thomas, William H. Thayer, Robert. Waldron, Adell. Wells, James M. Reynolds, John, Sr. Reynolds, Fayette. Richardson, S. M. Stewart, John P. Shell, Landon H. Seay, Isaac. Seymour, William
at a meeting of the Warrenton Riflemen, Company K. 17th regiment Virginia volunteers, held at their encampment near Centreville. Va, on the 1st day of February, 1862, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Company. Whereas, it has pleased an all wise Providence to take from us by death, our esteemed fellow-soldier, John J. Smith-- Resolved, 1st. That we will ever cherish the memory of him whose many virtues we all so much admired — he was amiable, kind, generous and brave; and while we bow in submission to the will of God, we can but mourn over the loss of one who has thus been cut down in the prime of life. 2d. We deeply sympathize with his afflicted family in their sad bereavement. 3d. That these resolutions be published in the Richmond Dispatch, and a copy thereof furnished to the family of the deceased.